Beating the Bounds is an ancient custom still observed in many English parishes. Its roots go back to mediaeval times when parishes reaffirmed their boundaries by processing round them at Rogationtide, stopping to beat each boundary mark with wands and to pray for protection and blessings for the land. At All Hallows they beat the bounds on Ascension Day.
As part of the City of London's Our City Together digital cultural season, they produced a podcast about the Beating of the Bounds with three city clergy - Laura Jorgensen, Rector of St Botolph without Aldgate, Katherine Hedderly, Vicar of All Hallows by the Tower, and Roger Hall, Chaplain to the Tower of London - discussing the origins and meaning of the ceremony. You can listen to the podcast HERE.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laura-jorgensen/episodes/Beating-the-Bounds-in-the-City-of-London-ee1pac
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