15th May 2021
"On Holy Thursday, according to triennial custom, the parochial officers of Battersea, accompanied by a large number of boys taken from the various schools, perambulated the bounds of the parish.
"The muster took place in Battersea-square, about nine o'clock in the morning; and after the boys were formed in procession, with white wands, the parochial officers and others proceeded along the water's edge to Battersea-bridge, and from thence along the river to the Railway Dock, at Nine Elms..."
"Beating the Bounds in Battersea", The Parish Dial, 7 June 1862
The perambulation shown on the contemporary Stanford's 6-inch Library map of 1862. It starts and ends at Battersea Square, near St Mary's, the parish church.
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