Mary Evans Beating the bounds of the Tower of London 1906 11939596

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Picture No	11939596
Date	circa 1906
Description	Beating the bounds of the Tower of London 1906
Details	Beating the bounds is still carried out in the Tower of London today every three years on Ascension Day. One of London's oddest traditions, dating back to medieval times a group of people ('beating party'), made up of clergy and schoolchildren born or residing in the square mile are brought together and provided with long willow wands. They walk around the edges of the parish, beating boundary markers with long sticks, and praying for protection of the land.
Source	Photograph by Benjamin Stone in 'Sir Benjamin Stone's Pictures', page 30
Credit	Mary Evans Picture Library
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