Beating the Bounds
| when: | May 2010 (annual) |
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| where: | Church of St Michael |
| time: | Service 9am |
0nce a year on Ascension Day, members of St Michael's congregation process through Oxford marking out the parish boundary in a traditional ceremony known as "the Beating of the Bounds."
The process involves beating specially marked boundary stones with sticks and, since some of the stones are in bars, pubs and shops, startling bemused onlookers. The day finishes with a drink of ivy beer, doughnuts and a scramble for hot pennies thrown from the roof of Lincoln College.
| Venue Information: | Church of St Michael |
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| Full Name: | |
| Address: | 37 Lonsdale Rd OX2 7ES |
| Name: | Oxford Information Centre |
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| Location: | Oxford |
| Address: | 15-16 Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3AS |
| Email: | tic@oxford.gov.uk |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 1865 252200 |
| Fax: | +44 (0) 1865 240261 |
| Name: | South East England Tourist Board |
| Location: | South East |
| Address: | 40 Chamberlayne Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 5JH |
| Email: | enquiries@seetb.org.uk |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 238 062 5400 |
| Fax: | +44 (0) 1892 511 008 |
| Name: | Tourism South East |
| Location: | South East |
| Address: | 40 Chamberlayne Road, Eastleigh SO50 5JH |
| Email: | customerservices@tourismse.com |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 23 80 625 400 |
| Fax: | +44 (0) 23 80 620 010 |
| Name: | The National Trust |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Email: | enquiries@ntrust.org.uk |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 20 8315 1111 |
| Fax: | +44 (0) 20 8466 6824 |
| Name: | Visit Britain |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Address: | 1 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5HE |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 20 7578 1000 |
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