45:
37:
53:
88:
of the town of
Tiverton". Further proclamations are made at Castle Street, Townsend, Brickhouse Hill, Chettiscombe, the waterworks at Allers and finally at Norwood Common, where a plaque marks the actual source. The ancient route now involves negotiating walls, private gardens and making use of many paths that are not public rights of way, some of which must be cleared on each perambulation.
87:
The procession's first stop is Coggan's Well in Fore Street, the traditional centre of the town where the stream emerges from underneath the road. Placing his staff in the water, the
Bailiff of the Hundred claims the stream "for ever, for the sole use and benefit and as the right of the inhabitants
63:
The procession starts at the Town Hall and is led by the four individuals known as "pioneers" armed with pickaxes and sledgehammers whose job it is to demolish any obstruction found in the stream. Behind the pioneers is the
Bailiff of the
30:
178:
29:, England, once every seven years. The event commemorates and claims the gift of the town's water supply in around 1262 from
192:
206:
60:
The tradition involves walking the length of the watercourse (the leat) to its source six miles away at
Norwood Common.
231:
91:
When completed on 9 September 2017 some 450 people completed the trek. It was last undertaken on 14 September 2024.
65:
44:
226:
36:
52:
73:
69:
164:
150:
136:
108:
25:
is a traditional mediaeval custom, also known as water-bailing, that takes place in the town of
81:
26:
68:, who carries an ancient staff of office, behind him are the "Withy-boys", drawn from
220:
40:
Plaque at Coggan’s Well in Fore Street indicating the termination of the leat
179:"Town clerk looking forward to first taste of ancient leat ceremony"
77:
51:
43:
35:
21:
48:
The proclamation in Castle Street during the 2017 perambulation
76:, whose job it is to whip the stream with willow sticks – or
84:, his fellow councillors, and lastly, the general public.
56:
Sign showing the source of the leat at
Norwood Common
80:-wands. Then come the police, the town beadle, the
193:"The Perambulation of the Leat in Tiverton 2017"
8:
207:"Tiverton gears up for significant revival"
100:
7:
14:
167:. Tiverton Town Council website.
153:. Tiverton Town Council website.
139:. Tiverton Town Council website.
111:. Tiverton Town Council website.
1:
123:White's Devonshire Directory
31:Isabella, Countess of Devon
248:
20:Perambulation of the Town
181:. Western Morning News.
57:
49:
41:
55:
47:
39:
74:Tiverton High School
232:English traditions
58:
50:
42:
82:Mayor of Tiverton
70:Blundell's School
239:
211:
210:
203:
197:
196:
189:
183:
182:
175:
169:
168:
161:
155:
154:
147:
141:
140:
133:
127:
126:
119:
113:
112:
105:
247:
246:
242:
241:
240:
238:
237:
236:
227:Tiverton, Devon
217:
216:
215:
214:
205:
204:
200:
191:
190:
186:
177:
176:
172:
165:"Perambulation"
163:
162:
158:
151:"Perambulation"
149:
148:
144:
137:"Perambulation"
135:
134:
130:
121:
120:
116:
109:"Perambulation"
107:
106:
102:
97:
27:Tiverton, Devon
12:
11:
5:
245:
243:
235:
234:
229:
219:
218:
213:
212:
198:
184:
170:
156:
142:
128:
114:
99:
98:
96:
93:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
244:
233:
230:
228:
225:
224:
222:
208:
202:
199:
194:
188:
185:
180:
174:
171:
166:
160:
157:
152:
146:
143:
138:
132:
129:
124:
118:
115:
110:
104:
101:
94:
92:
89:
85:
83:
79:
75:
71:
67:
61:
54:
46:
38:
34:
32:
28:
24:
23:
16:
209:. devonlive.
201:
195:. devonlive.
187:
173:
159:
145:
131:
122:
117:
103:
90:
86:
62:
59:
19:
17:
15:
221:Categories
95:References
125:. 1850.
66:Hundred
78:withy
72:and
22:Leat
18:The
33:.
223::
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
