Saint Giles without Cripplegate Parish Church (London, England)
Published / Created:
[ca. 1756]
Call Number:
File 646 17-- D952+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An invitation to the ancient ceremony of beating the bounds, with a large view of St. Giles's from the south (figures include a strolling couple, a playing boy, and a cripple with his dog) and a vignette of the church. The form has blanks left for the signatures of the stewards as well as the date (day, month, and the two numbers for the decade) and place of dining to be written in by hand
Alternative Title:
Sir, you are desired to meet the rest of your parishioners on [blank] the [blank] of [blank] at [blank]
Description:
Title from first lines of text etched below image., Date of publication based on the manuscript signatures of the churchwardens and overseers, which are dated 1756-1757., Text below title begins: Sir, you are desired to meet the rest of your parishioners on [blank] the [blank] of [blank] at [blank] ..., At top of plate, the arms of Sir Benjamin Maddow and the text: Ex dono Benj. Maddox Barrti. June 1709., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three edges.
Publisher:
The Church stewards
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Saint Giles without Cripplegate Parish Church (London, England)
