A group of children with a vicar and schoolmaster, holding willow sticks as part of the Beating the Bounds ceremony that takes place on Ascension Day, derived from the earlier ceremony of Rogationtide.

Date:
1914
Location:
St Michael's Church, Cornmarket Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire
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St Michaels Church, Ship Street/Cornmarket Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Reference:
CC73/00655
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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This is part of the Series: HWT01/01 Glass Plate Negatives And Inkjet Prints; within the Collection: HWT01 Henry W Taunt Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Taunt, Henry William

Curator: Davies, Angela

Keywords

Door, Church, Christian Religion, People, Custom And Tradition