Folk tradition of beating the bounds at Dartmoor is revived at Okehampton (1928)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Old folk tradition of beating the bounds at Dartmoor Full Description: ENGLAND: Devon: Okehampton: SLATE INFORMATION: Beating the bounds on Dartmoor. Quaint custom instituted in 1672 revived in ancient borough of Okehampton Horseriders through streets in procession / Horse procession on moors to beat the bounds waving whips / Beating of boundary stone / Procession through the streets / Procession over the Dartmoor beating boundaries with sticks Background: Old folk tradition of beating the bounds at Dartmoor FILM ID: VLVA2Y0GK36KTRJLDYLN1QUUKSWIH To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé