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Article: Swan Upping 2002.
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- June 10, 2002
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M2 PRESSWIRE-10 June 2002-UK Government: Swan Upping 2002 (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS SECRETARY TO THE QUEEN
Swan Upping, the annual census of the swan population on certain stretches of the River Thames, was announced today by David Barber, The Queen's Swan Marker. Swan Upping will start on Monday 15th July from Sunbury-on-Thames and finish in Abingdon, Oxfordshire on Friday 19th July.
The ceremony of Swan Upping dates from the twelfth century and takes place during the third week of July each year. It has always been the duty of the Sovereign's Swan Marker ...