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Beating the Bounds

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Phil

Sounds like some sort of beating the bounds ceremony, which has continued to the present in it's current form.

The beating of the bounds would be a ritual where the leaders of the church would go round the boundry stones of the parish, check all was well have a service and then most likely go down to the pub.


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