Beating the bounds at All Hallows by the Tower 1981.

“Beating the Bounds” is an ancient but still practised annual custom, dating back to Medieval times, during which parishes re-affirm their boundaries at Rogationtide (Ascension Day) by processing round them and stopping and beating each boundary mark with wands.

The party, accompanied by the Clergy from All Hallows, and the Masters of the Livery Companies associated with the church, first boards a boat to beat the southern boundary mark, in the middle of the Thames. It then returns to dry land, and processes round the remainder of the boundary of the parish, beating the boundary marks before returning to the church for a service of Festal Evensong in the presence of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs.

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Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
Beating the bounds at All Hallows, Byward Street, London 28 May 1981.
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