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View along the river during the annual Beating the Bounds ceremony - a tradition which evolved during the reign of Elizabeth I, and involves beating the parish boundary stones with willow sticks.

Date:
1892
Location:
Godstow Bridge, Godstow Road, Wolvercote, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Reference:
CC97/02374
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

View showing a group on the river by the bridge during the annual Beating the Bounds ceremony - a tradition which evolved during the reign of Elizabeth I, and involves beating the parish boundary stones with willow sticks.

Date:
1892
Location:
Botley Bridge, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Reference:
CC97/02371
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Bards processing to the rock during the ceremony of the Cornish Gorsedd (Gorsedh Kernow) at St Michael's Chapel, Roche Rock

Date:
1933
Location:
St Michael's Chapel, Roche, Roche Rock, Cornwall
Reference:
ALB93/05/156
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Bards and spectators watching a speech during the ceremony at the Cornish Gorsedd (Gorsedh Kernow) at Castle Killibury

Date:
1936
Location:
Castle Killibury Camp, Egloshayle, Cornwall
Reference:
ALB93/05/166
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Bards singing 'Old Land of our Sires' to mark the end of the Cornish Gorsedd (Gorsedh Kernow) at Castle Killibury

Date:
1936
Location:
Castle Killibury Camp, Egloshayle, Cornwall
Reference:
ALB93/05/169
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Boys scramble for coins during the annual ceremony of Beating The Bounds at Longwall. The ceremony is led by the parish priest, seen here up the ladder, and takes place on Ascension Day, and reinforces knowledge of the parish boundary.

Date:
1908
Location:
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Reference:
CC72/02365
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

A crowd of people on Lye Hill engaged in the Beating the Bounds ceremony, which reinforces the boundary of a parish. The boundary is walked and the boundary markers are beaten with sticks to cries of 'Mark, Mark, Mark!'.

Date:
1860 - 1922
Location:
Cowley, Oxfordshire, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Reference:
HT00137
Type:
Photograph (Inkjet Print)

A group of men and boys with willow sticks engaged in the annual ceremony of Beating The Bounds at Longwall. The process involves walking the boundary of the parish and beating the boundary markers while exclaiming "Mark Mark Mark".

Date:
1908
Location:
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Reference:
CC72/02364
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Interior view showing the opening of the Cornish Gorsedd (Gorsedh Kernow) in St John's Hall

Date:
1935
Location:
St John's Hall, Alverton Road, Penzance, Cornwall
Reference:
ALB93/05/161
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Interior view showing the ceremony of the Sword of Arthur, during the Cornish Gorsedd (Gorsedh Kernow) at St John's Hall

Date:
1935
Location:
St John's Hall, Alverton Road, Penzance, Cornwall
Reference:
ALB93/05/163
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Crowds gathered to watch the ceremony of the Cornish Gorsedd (Gorsedh Kernow) at St Michael's Chapel at Roche Rock

Date:
1933
Location:
St Michael's Chapel, Roche, Roche Rock, Cornwall
Reference:
ALB93/05/151
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Bards processing away from the Circle during the Cornish Gorsedd (Gorsedh Kernow) at Castle Killibury

Date:
1936
Location:
Castle Killibury Camp, Egloshayle, Cornwall
Reference:
ALB93/05/168
Type:
Photograph (Print)

A view of the interior of St George's Chapel showing the stalls from the South East. The banners and helms of the Knights of the Order of the Garter hang above the stalls. The Order was established by Edwad III in 1348.

Date:
1870 - 1900
Location:
Windsor Castle, St Georges Chapel, Windsor, Windsor And Maidenhead
Reference:
DD97/00163
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

An interior view of the choir showing the stalls from the South East. The chapel is the spiritual home of the Knights of the Order of the Garter, whose banners and helms are visible above the stalls.

Date:
1870 - 1900
Location:
Windsor Castle, St Georges Chapel, Windsor, Windsor And Maidenhead
Reference:
DD97/00164
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Bards processing to the Circle as part of the ceremony during the Cornish Gorsedd (Gorsedh Kernow) at Castle Killibury

Date:
1936
Location:
Castle Killibury Camp, Egloshayle, Cornwall
Reference:
ALB93/05/165
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Portrait of the Grand Bard at the ceremony of the Cornish Gorsedd (Gorsedh Kernow) at St Michael's Chapel, Roche Rock

Date:
1933
Location:
St Michael's Chapel, Roche, Roche Rock, Cornwall
Reference:
ALB93/05/158
Type:
Photograph (Print)

Photograph of a painting showing Thomas George Shaughnessy taking oath on his elevation to the peerage as 1st Baron Shaughnessy

Date:
Mar 1917 - Apr 1917
Reference:
BL23758
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

A harvest festival sheaf of corn in Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh

Date:
1965
Location:
Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk
Reference:
AA082252
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

A harvest festival sheaf of corn in Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh

Date:
1965
Location:
Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk
Reference:
AA082253
Type:
Photograph (Negative)

Harvest festival display at Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh, showing fishing nets and a lifebuoy marked 'M.V Harvest Home'

Date:
1965
Location:
Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk
Reference:
AA082254
Type:
Photograph (Negative)