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the place for the people to show arms when necessary. Each 
parish provided so much armour, which was kept in the church. 
The Chapel Royal of S. Mary Magdalene on the King’s Tofts 
was, in 1228 given to the Dominicans, who incorporated it in 
their monastery, and which surrendered in 1538. The site was 
afterwards occupied as gardens and contained the residence of 
Thos. Backhouse, and opposite Barker Lane stood Lady 
Hewley’s Hospital. In 1841 the site was cleared for the 
railway station. 
Each parish was jealous of its neighbour infringing its 
boundary, and it was through lands to the Walls or in the 
country that the boundary could be challenged ; so in the 
earlier days some follower was seized and bumped three times 
on the boundary line, and as the bumping was not of a gentle 
nature, the victim naturally, in after years, could easily recall 
the spot. In later times stones were inserted in the ground. 
These boundary stones did away with a good deal of friction 
and fighting between rival parishes, but the “ bumping ” was 
never neglected ; anyone who had not been at a Perambula¬ 
tion before was initiated by being seized and bumped three 
times on the top of the stone, so that he would remember the 
time and place. Along the thoroughfares where stones would 
have been inconvenient, iron plates bearing ‘Saint Martin-cum- 
Gregory ’ were affixed to buildings on the line of boundary. 
When the procession arrived at the boundary stone on the 
Ciiy Walls bread and beer were handed round, and after 
refreshments the party resumed their walk by proceeding along 
the City Walls in a northerly direction to the other boundary 
stone on the ramparts, turned south, crossed the moat, and 
passed the steps leading to Lendal ferry. The house ad¬ 
joining the steps had a boundary plate, which was removed 
with house and steps when the new road was formed to Lendal 
bridge. The ramble was continued along the boundary of the 
gardens, till lately the wall opposite the old Station Hotel, but 
now merged in the New Offices, and on to the centre of Tanner 
Row where, turning northwards for some 47 feet, they met 
another boundary plate which was removed owing to the 
erection of the North Eastern hotel. Proceeding along the 
western and southern boundary of the grounds enclosing the 
