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Title: Beating the Bounds, Longwall Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire [Go to resource]
Description: Boys scramble for coins during the annual ceremony of Beating the Bounds at Longwall Street. The ceremony, which takes place on Ascension Day, is led by the parish priest, seen here up the ladder, and reinforces knowledge of the parish boundary. Subjects: Childhood
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Custom And TraditionSource: English Heritage - Viewfinder Creator: Taunt, Henry Identifier: http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.u... Language: en Go to resource More Like this...
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