A group of children and other parish people holding willow sticks taking part in the Beating the Bounds ceremony that takes place on Ascension Day, derived from the earlier ceremony of Rogationtide, having just dropped over the wall.

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:
CC73/00656
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

Church, Christian Religion, People, Custom And Tradition