Beating the Bounds

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Query #7 - Beating the Bounds

24/06/1933

When was the last occasion on which "Beating of the Bounds" took place in any parish in the City of Bath? Inquirer.

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01/07/1933

I have no knowledge of beating the bounds in any parish in Bath. The Freemen of the city met annually on May 29th at the Park Farm, when the accounts for the past year were passed and the amount of the balance payable to the Freemen declared. After which the bounds were beaten and all returned to the farm, when each man received a large bun and one shilling for refreshment. The apprentices had a similar bun and sixpence, which was generally spent at the Park Farm dairy in curds and whey. The estate was purchased by the city in 1879, and the last time the bounds were beaten was in May, 1878.— E. L.


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