In a message dated 21/11/2007 23:52:57 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Thank you all for your replies - very interesting! ______________________________________________________________________________ _ Hi Mary, I have only seen one reply on the list, so have no idea what other people have said, however I would think that this could be to do with "beating the bounds" of the parish, also known as perambulation. Church Warden's accounts often refer to expenses incurred in perambulations. Stan