Beating Lambeth's Bounds (part 2)
Tue 12 Aug
|Oval Underground Station
A guided walk along another two miles of the Lambeth parish boundary.
Time & Location
12 Aug 2025, 13:30 – 15:30
Oval Underground Station, 318 Kennington Park Rd, London SE11 4PP, UK
About the event
Beating Lambeth's Bounds (part 2)
Part 1 followed the former Lambeth civil parish’s boundary from the Thames to the Three Stags pub. On part 2 we will follow the boundary from Kennington to the Three Stags, along a Roman Road, and passing the ruins of a parish church, the site of a battle between street gangs and the NYPD, a mysterious building with only a front door and blind windows, and a place where messages were passed to and from Royal Navy ships in the English Channel.
Beating the Bounds is an ancient custom that was originally devised for local officials to inspect the parish boundary and the various markers thereof, and to fix the boundaries in minds of poor parishioners by having boys whacking the boundary with willow sticks as the party proceeded. And by beating or bumping a boy at each boundary marker. Tracing Lambeth parish's boundary is…