© NOONANS
© NOONANS
Medalet - Victoria Boundary Token
1849 year| Bronze | 15.5 g | 32 mm |
| Location | United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) |
|---|---|
| Queen | Victoria (1837-1901) |
| Type | Medals › Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1849 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 15.5 g |
| Diameter | 32 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Updated | 2024-11-14 |
| Numista | N#413192 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 100% |
Reverse
Legend
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PERAMBULATION
GEOE HAWKS ESQR
MAYOR,
WILLIAM HENRY BROKETT
JAMES SMITH
WILLIAM KENMIR
THOMAS WILSON
JOHN CUTHBERT POTTS
THOMAS CUMMINS
ALDERMEN,
WILLIAM KELL TOWN CLERK.
24TH MAY 1849
Comment
Brown: Perambulations were carried out (according to the datable record of tokens from perambulations at Gateshead) about once a decade. Members of the parish, local dignitaries, and the clergy, would be required to survey its boundaries by walking them. Priests would bless the crops during this exercise and the event would often culminate in a large feast. The practice had largely died out by the 1850s.
