perambulation

Etymology
From, from and. or.

Noun

 * 1)  A survey, a tour; a walking around.
 * 2)  An English legal ceremony in which an official from a town or parish walks around it to delineate and record its boundaries.
 * 3) * 1902, Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, published by the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
 * Another forest not named in the perambulation is that of Horwich.
 * 1) * 1929, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, published by the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society
 * The earliest known reference to the stone is that in the perambulation of the parish of Puddletown recorded in the Cartulary of Christchurch Priory.
 * 1) The district thus inspected.
 * Another forest not named in the perambulation is that of Horwich.
 * 1) * 1929, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, published by the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society
 * The earliest known reference to the stone is that in the perambulation of the parish of Puddletown recorded in the Cartulary of Christchurch Priory.
 * 1) The district thus inspected.