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Welcome to Bourne - "Tween Fen and Uplands"
About this town and the area covered
The origins of Bourne When Bourn became Bourne
The Roman occupation The Danish influence
The Domesday Book - Bourne in 1086
Domesday Bourne and beyond
The Black Death and its effects The Great Fire of 1605
John Byng visits Lincolnshire in 1791 Bourne in 1790
Bourne in 1809 Bourne in 1814 Bourne in 1826
Bourne in 1835 Bourne in 1850 Bourne in 1856
Bourne in 1861 Bourne in 1871 Bourne in 1900
Bourne in 1908 Bourne in 1909 Bourne in 1926
Bourne in 1950 Bourne in the Fifties Bourne in 1960
Bourne in 1965 Bourne in 1977 Bourne in 2014
A review of events in Bourne during 2013 A review of events in Bourne during 2014
The source of Bourne's water The Bourne Eau A neglected river
River water levels Maintaining the Bourne Eau The Bourne Eau in past times A river for all seasons The River Glen The River Welland The Car Dyke
St Peter's Pool St Peter's Pool for all seasons St Peter's Pool in past times
Bourne Castle The owners of Bourne Castle The 1861 excavations
John Moore - 1809 William Marrat - 1814 Edward Trollope - 1861 Bourne Castle - fact or fiction? Bourne Castle - the official view
Bourne Castle - an enthusiast's appraisal Bourne Castle - April 1st discovery
The validity of old documents
Grimsthorpe Castle A history of Grimsthorpe Castle
Greatford Hall Hanthorpe House Shillingthorpe Hall Castle Bytham
Bourne Wood A map of Bourne Wood Bourne Wood - an historical perspective
The Ancient Woodland Project The Woodland Sculpture Trail
Housing threat to Bourne Wood in 2008 A leisure park would be the answer
Bourne Wood loses its visitor amenities
Deer in Bourne Wood Bird and bat boxes Photographing the white admiral
A walk in Bourne Wood A wood for all seasons Winter in Bourne Wood
The community orchard Bourne Wood in past times Nutting in Bourne Wood
The Bourne Chronicle - significant dates and events in our history
Bourne Conservation Area Other listed buildings The future of our listed buildings
Preserving our historic buildings Historic buildings under threat
Archaeology Salt making at Willow Tree Fen Bourne through the artist's eyes
A street map of modern Bourne A walk around Bourne Bourne from the air
Administration
The Manors of Bourne and Bourne Abbots The Town Crier
The Town Hall
The subscribers
The Town Hall in past times
TheTown Hall fire of 1933
The Town Hall clock
Local government
Vestry meetings
The Town Council
The register office
Bourne United Charities
The Len Pick Trust
Population & Countries of origin
First Citizens since 1894 A history of the mayoralty Coat of Arms Civic Sunday
The annual civic dinner and ball The Christmas lights and late night shopping
Town centre The market Market cross When the stalls were on the streets
Why the market should go back on the streets Weekly market under threat
The Market Place in past times Collecting the market tolls A dispute over tolls
The Market Place - then and now A Continental market
The town cemetery The cemetery chapel The town council's dilemma
The chapel architect The Grade II listing decision Headstone survey
A cemetery for all seasons Ancient brickwork demolished Hunting down Mr Mole
Unmarked graves The cemetery chapel - a summary of events
Roads & traffic Speed humps Grass verges Potholes
The south-west relief road Street names Street furniture Information boards
Bench marks Housing Chimneys Street clutter Tree planting
Bourne Community Access Point Bourne in bloom Town and tourist signs
When Bourne was clean and smart The Lincolnshire flag
A Vision for Bourne - The Town Centre Management Partnership
The town centre revelopment scheme The end of the redevelopment scheme
Bourne needs improved transport links
Some old buildings of interest
Almshouses
The Old Bakehouse
Bourne Eau House
Bourne House
Brook Lodge
Cavalry House
Corn Exchange
The Croft
Dawkins House
Eastgate House
The Old Maltings
Monkstone House
Vestry Hall
Red Hall Owners of the Red Hall Red Hall in past times Petition of 1891
Disposing of the Red Hall Re-opening in 1972 Tudor exhibition of 1976
Heritage exhibition of 1981 The R A Gardner art exhibition of 1996
The myth of the Gunpowder Plot Filming Moll Flanders Special airmail delivery to the Red Hall Red Hall photo gallery
Bourne Institute The Ostler memorial The Shippon barn
The Victoria Hall Wellhead Cottage
Angel Hotel Burghley Arms Old New Inn Crown Hotel Light Dragoon
Marquess of Granby Nag's Head Six Bells Jubilee Garage
Smith's of Bourne Mason's Arms Wishing Well
Inns & other hostelries Public house signs The brewing industry
Baldock's Mill Mill owners in past times Baldock's Mill in past times
The mill before restoration The mill wheels restoration project
Green electricity A mill for all seasons
Eastgate Mill Notley's Mill Cliffe's Mill Wherry's Mill Dyke Mill
Woolley's Mill Burghley Street warehouse Wherry's warehouse
Corn trade warehouses Date stones on old buildings
The land and its history
The growth of agriculture
Farming in past times
The corn harvest
Borage Flax
Oil seed Maize
The pea harvest
Poppies
Root crops
Sunflowers and nyger
Gypsies as farm workers Hedgerows
Ploughing
The cattle market The cattle market in past times The pinfold
Bourne Agricultural Society Sheep shearing
The Christmas Fatstock Show Johnson Brothers (Bourne) Limited
Norths of Bourne, forage merchants E N Moody & Sons Ltd - watercress and flowers
The fens The Adventurers Guthram Gowt Steamer trips from Bourne
Heathcote's tunnel Draining of the North Fen Draining of the South Fen
Fen flooding in past times Flooding in 1897 The Great Fen Flood of 1910
Flooding around the town in Bourne
Farm fires The fen blow Wind turbines Solar farms
Bog oaks Scarecrows Bird scarers Hare coursing Duck decoys
Nature conservation Rainbows over the fen
Birds and wildlife in past times Birds of Bourne today Owl towers Magpies
Religion and beliefs
The Believers
The Baptist Church
The Cooneyites
Eastgate Mission Church
Jehovah's Witnesses
The Methodist Church
The Roman Catholics
The Salvation Army
Sunday Schools
United Reformed Church
The Quakers
The Abbey Church The Abbey House Bourne Abbey
Dissolution of the monasteries - the end of the Abbey Past incumbents
Abbey Church in past times Abbey Church in 1809 Abbey Church in 1819
Building the Abbey Church Restoration in the 19th century
The 800th anniversary celebrations Archaeological dig of 1985
The vicarage The Trevor Brodrick photographs
The churchyard The number of burials Epitaphs The brass serpent tombstone
Slate headstones Ledgerstones The churchyard dispute of 1846
The organ and bells of Bourne Abbey church The church clock Church kneelers
An architectural description of the church by H F Traylen
A History of Bourne Abbey by David Roffe St Simon & St Jude
The parish registers Vicar's jottings found in the parish registers
The pulpit The chandelier The lectern Benches and pews
His lordship's secret wine cellar The vicar and his curate lend a hand
The view from the church tower The west front in 1809 The use of incense
The verger The 2007 Restoration Appeal Restoration work gets underway
Repairing the church The cost of running the church Rogation Sunday
Flooding in 2016 A walk round guide A pictorial guide A church for all seasons
Tales from the Abbey Church The vicar sues his churchwarden for libel
Public and community services
The police The special constabulary The fire brigade Ambulance
Neighbourhood Watch Lincolnshire Doorstep Crime Initiative
Allotments
Banking
Car parking
The bus station
Delaine Buses
The Leisure Centre
Newspapers
Telephone kiosks
Public library
The Post Office Memories of the mail cart How the postal service began
Post boxes may soon disappear
Water supplies The Tangye water pumps The sewerage system
Water boreholes in and around Bourne A case of contaminated water
The mineral water industry Lee & Green - the American connection
The spas around Bourne The water cart The blind well Public lavatories
Rubbish The introduction of wheelie bins Waste recycling banks Green bins
Vandalism, litter & graffiti Disposing of bulky rubbish Rubbish in the countryside
The railways The east coast main line Railway gatehouses The booking office
Death on the line The Little Bytham crash of 1896 The railway navvies
South Street level crossing Toft Tunnel Lord Willoughby's private railway
The one million mile railwayman Counter Drain station
Carlby bridge Ernest Smallman, newsagent at Bourne station
Demolition of the installations Demolition of the water tower
End of the railway age Memories of the steam age in Bourne
A horse drawn taxi service to the station The Mallard steam record of 1938
Health and welfare
Bourne Hospital The closure decision The end of Bourne Hospital
Communion set salvaged Hospital memories New homes for an old hospital
The Butterfield Hospital Memories of the Butterfield Butterfield Rag Days
St Peter's Hospital The old Isolation Hospital The workhouse Workhouse tales
Bourne Medical Club
A Life in Practice
Opium use in the 19th century
Sanitation in 1890
Sanitation in 1907
The smallpox outbreak of 1893
The anti-vaccinators
The Red Cross
Social Education Centre
Soup kitchens of past times
St John Ambulance Brigade
Bourne House children's hostel Memories of children in care Auntie to 200 children
A child in care The love I found The best years of my life The railway children
Darby & Joan Hall The voluntary laundry The Austerby scheme
Browning Court The Cedars The Croft Digby Court
Meadow Close Stanton Close Worth Court Other care homes
Who is the mystery matron? A medical casebook This mortal coil
Health care today Galletly Medical Practice Hereward Medical Practice
The Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance Service
The Bourne Green Gardeners The Bourne Food Bank
Education past and present
Abbey C E Primary Academy Bourne Academy
Bourne Grammar School
Westfield Primary Academy
Elsea Park C E Primary Academy
Willoughby School
The Old Grammar School
National School, North Street
National School, Eastgate
Private Schools in Bourne
The school log books Corporal punishment in schools The Admission Register
An Alien in the Classroom The Play's the Thing
Sport, leisure and social activities
Bourne Angling Association
Bourne Cricket Club
Bourne Cycle Club
Bourne Golf Club
Bourne Rugby Union FC
Bourne Town Bowls Club
Bourne Town Football Club
Bourne Hockey Club
Bourne Motor Club
Bourne Motor Racing Club
Bourne Abbots Petanque Club Bourne Tennis Club
Twinning with Doudeville Signing the twinning oath A previous twinning attempt
Civic Society Heritage Centre The Heritage Centre should get tax relief
Bourne Arts and Community Trust Bourne Preservation Trust Charity shops
Wellhead Gardens Wildlife in the Wellhead Gardens The wildlife habitat
Trimming the willows Trimming the chestnuts Music in the park
A bandstand for the Wellhead Gardens St Peter's Pool The black swans
Winter in the Wellhead Gardens Flooding in the Wellhead Gardens
The Wellhead play area The Wellhead Gardens for all seasons
Wake House Bourne Youth Centre Demolition of the old youth centre
Hereward Lodge of Freemasons Bourne Choral Society The Conservative Club
Rotary Club of Bourne Bourne Round Table Boy Scouts & Girl Guides
The boys of Bourne protest of 1890 wins them a recreation ground
The Outdoor Swimming Pool The pool in past times How the pool came to be built
The recreation ground The Abbey Lawn Security at the Abbey Lawn
The Bourne Borderers Skateboarding The Leisure Centre
Bourne Tory Ladies Tea Club Hereward Probus Club The Pyramid Club
The RAOB Club The October Fair The theatre
The age of the beauty contest - Miss Bourne 1949 Bourne Literary Society
Bourne United Provident Association Sporting, social and professional organisations
Sporting activities from past times Prize fighting - Guttridge of Bourne
The Olympic torch passes through Bourne in 2012
Business & industry past and present
Bourne Textile Services Field Boxmore Labels The Bakkavor Group
Lincolnshire Herbs J H Wand Group Roadphone Ltd
Warners (Midlands) plc Wherry & Sons Ltd Aerodyne Equipment
Heron Foods Co-operative Food Lidl Sainsbury's Tesco Jessie Bellamy
The Southfield Business Park The A15 pub/garage development
Cactusland - Southfield Nurseries Nursery Supplies (closed)
Budgens Woolworths (closed) Johnson Brothers Ltd (closed)
The Bourne Residents' Action Group (closed)
Shop closures New shops in North Street Costa Coffee
Food and drink in Bourne McDonald's
The old town
The town centre A deserted town centre
Abbey Road
The Austerby
Burghley Street
Crown Walk
Church Walk
Eastgate
Meadowgate
North Road
North Street
South Street
St Peter's Road West Road
West Street
Woodview
Wherry's Lane
Willoughby Road
Queen's Bridge The North Street Terrace South Fen Road
North Street - then and now
Scenes of Bourne in past times
Bedehouse Bank
The Red Hall
South Road
West Road
The town centre in 1875 No 30 North Street in 1885 West Street in 1895 Recruiting parade in 1897 The Red Hall in 1900 The town fire brigade in 1900 North Street in 1900 (1) North Street in 1900 (2) Market Day in 1900 Motor car rally in 1905 The Market Place in 1905 Baldock's Mill in 1905 Bourne Cycle Club in 1905 North Street in 1905 St Peter's Pool in 1905 West Street in 1905 Abbey Road in 1910 South Street in 1910 Cuckoo Bush Cottage in 1910 Sunday School parade of 1912 Cottesmore Hunt meet in 1914 The blizzard of 1916 Bourne Eau in 1920 Hardware shop in 1920 Eastgate in 1920 North Street in 1920 Bourne station bookstall 1920 Flax workers in 1920 Lady Godiva's ride of 1929 Mays fertiliser depot 1930 North Street in 1935 Royal visit in 1939 Christmas in 1994 St George's Day in 2001
No 10 North Street No 30 North Street No 32 North Street No 36 North Street
The Jubilee Garage No 64 North Street No 13 West Street
Abbey Lawn No 1 Abbey Road The Ostler memorial Lost cottages
South Street - then and now West Street - then and now
West Road - then and now An Edwardian garden party
The Hollies - a glimpse of life No 27 North Road 100 years ago
Bourne in the mid-20th century Peeps into the Past
Modern Bourne and recent developments
Beech Avenue
The Burghley Centre
Exeter Street
Galletly Close
Harrington Street
Kesteven Way
Maple Gardens
Mill Drove
Queen's Road
Waterside Close
Hereward Meadow
Elsea Park Marquess Court The hospital site development
Great Northern Gardens The Old Laundry development
The Abbeyfields development The Wherry's Lane development
The BRM and its connection with this town
Raymond Mays A pictorial scrapbook
Man about town Incident in Germany
Cartoon by Sallon Cartoon by Giles
Car v plane Desert Island Discs
Raymond Mays the author
Prince Bira Jackie Stewart at Monza
Francis Giveen An encounter with Fangio
Early days at the wheel Fen road trials Building the new BRM workshops
The 1949 BRM test run Sale of an ERA car Raymond meets Malcolm Campbell
Personnel who worked for BRM BRM historic recording - 1955
Trissie Carlton Tony Rudd Dick Salmon Louis Stanley
Why we should remember Raymond Mays
Winning the world championship The 1963 civic reception
BRM Celebration Day 2012 The BRM Association The BRM Trail
The Raymond Mays Memorial Room The BRM silver trophies
The Bourne motor racing memorial The Raymond Mays garage
Thomas Mays George Mays T W Mays and Sons Ltd The old glue factory
The Worth connection with Bourne
William Worth Charles Worth The Charles Worth Gallery The Worth dress
The family background of Charles Worth Success - in his own words
Prominent people past and present
"History is the essence of innumerable biographies"
- Thomas Carlyle, Scottish historian and essayist (1795-1881).
The early days
Hereward the Wake The Wake family Geoffrey of Bourne Oger the Breton
Robert Manning Orm the Preacher William Cecil Dr William Dodd
Robert Harrington Job Hartop Sir Edward Harwood Jeremiah Ives
John Jackson Dr Francis Willis The Trollope family Catherine Digby
Thomas Rawnsley Joseph Dodsworth Thomas Linley The Digby family
The Dove family The Heathcote family The Mawby family
The Pochin family The Shilcock family The Waterton family
The late 19th, 20th and early 21st centuries
Ron Alexander Earl of Ancaster John Arnold Geoffrey Atkins
T W Atkinson William Bampton Harry Barker Harry Barnatt
The Barsby family Terry Bates Thomas Baxter Cecil Walker Bell George Bett
George Bettinson Clarence Binns Howard Bostock Henry Bott
Cuthbert Bradley Grace Bristow Bryan Browning Edward Browning
Jack Burchnell James Watson Burdwood Henry Burtt James Carvath
William Castledine Reg Chapman Edward Clark Marjorie Clark
Cyril Clay Ray and Shirley Cliffe Sir Henry Clifford E D Cooke Kate Cooke
Charles Everard Kath Cox Albert Dainty Joseph Davies Leslie Day
Louis Decamp Miss Urith Dent Mrs Pat Edmunds Joseph Ellicock John Evans
Don Fisher Ernest & George Foley Mrs Caroline Galletly Dr John Galletly
Robert Gardner William Garner Richard Gibson Dr John Gilpin
Thomas Glendening James Goodyear Canon John Grinter John Grummitt
William Hemsell Sir Maurice Heath Frederick Hinson
Thomas Hinson Cecil Hodgkinson Dr George Holloway Trevor Holmes
Rev Samuel Hopkinson Edwin Horn Rev Charles Horne William Johnson
Tom Jones Edgar Judge Henry Kelham George Knipe Kenneth Lewis
Tom Lyall Frederic Manning Charles Pask Matthews
Viscount Midleton Robert Mason Mills Jack Moody Birt Morris John Morris Frederick Nash William North John Lely Ostler Mary Parker
William Parker George Parkinson Richard Pattison John Peacock
John Thomas Pearce Thomas Pearce Jeremy Perkins Arnold Pick Ida Pick
Thomas Leonard Pick Thomas Pilkington Richard Reeve Jane Redmile
Douglas Reeson Thomas Rickard Harry Ringrose
George Robinson Arthur Saul James Sayer Dick Sellars
Harry & Annie Shillaker Hugh Delaine-Smith Henry A Sneath
John Smith Frederick Sones Horace Stanton
Alfred Stubley Ashby Swift John T Swift Charles Tennyson
Florence Tipler William Walpole Jack Wand MBE Lorenzo Warner
Albert E K Wherry William Wherry Percy Wilson Sir George White
Harold Withers Norma Woolley John Worsdall John Wright Lilian Wyles
The Redshaw family
William Redshaw Mary Ann Buckberry Portraits from the past
No 49 The Terrace - then and now A North Street memory Bourne revisted
See also Richard Bertolle Benjamin Wyles
The immigrants
Seeking a fresh start in a new world Shirley Chaplin Maria Christian John Close Thomas Deacon
Joseph Tye Flatters John Layton Charles Mapperson John Rate
Present day
Dorothy Alexander J D Birkbeck Nick Boles M P Robert Brown
Greg Cejer Karen Corr Lord (Quentin) Davies Jade Etherington
Brian Fines Robert Fuller Geoff Greatwood Betty James
Nelly Jacobs Alan Jones Jim Jones Brenda Jones William Kelby
John Kirkman Peter Lister Michael McGregor Hugh Middleton
Petronella Moisey Linda Neal Rex Needle Lesley Patrick Helen Powell
Richard Salmon Dr Bob Sheppard Jonathan Smith Judy Smith
Hedley Stroud Tony Stubbs David Tabor Lady Jane Willoughby Sue Woolley
More brief biographies Honours and awards Blue plaques
Bourne names from Lincolnshire trade and other directories
The Universal British Directory for 1793-98 White's Directory for 1826
Pigot's Directory for 1835 White's Directory for 1842 Slater's Directory for 1850
White's Directory for 1856 Kelly's Directory for 1876 White's Directory for 1882
White's Directory for 1892 Kelly's Directory for 1900 Kelly's Directory for 1905
Kelly's Directory for 1922 Kelly's Directory for 1933 Kelly's Directory for 1937
Bourne at war
Armed Forces Day
The Army Cadet Force
The Belgian refugees
Bourne Military Hospital
Bourne rifle range
WW1 - those who served
The Drill Hall
Royal British Legion
Street Parties 1945
Victory Parade 1995
The War Memorial Roll of Honour
The names of those listed from WW1 The names of those missing from WW1
Bourne medal winners in WW1 Victims of recent conflicts Military crests added
Bourne soldiers who died at the Battle of the Somme Remembering the Somme
Charles Sharpe Frank & Harold Baldock Victor Barsby Victor Bosley
Ernest & Albert Codling George Rix Frank & Percy Larkinson
Michelson - father and son Cyril Leary George Sherwin
John Swift Charles Stuffins George Todd William Toulson
William Whiles Thomas Whiles The Stooke brothers The Brackenbury boys
A soldier's tale - Richard Downes Four Sunday School boys Thurlby's war dead
Letters from the trenches A wartime friendship Unknown soldiers
The horrors of WW1 - a soldier's tale The Great War peace celebrations
The World War One exhibition of 2014 Historic England chooses Bourne
English Civil War of 1642-49 Napoleonic Wars of 1803-15 Death of an old soldier
The Bourne Volunteers The Lincolnshire Regiment
Lincolnshire Militia Lists for Bourne - 1824 The Crimean War of 1854-56
They also served Letters home from the Boer War of 1899-1902
Bourne honours a general from the Boer War
The Eastgate plane crash The man who dug up a 1,100 lb. bomb
The Girls' Training Corps The Women's Land Army HMS Beryl & Polyanthus
The WRVS The Home Guard Royal Observer Corps The Civil Defence
The Arnhem connection German prisoners of war An airman's tale
A soldier's prayer book Pillboxes Invasion plans
The D-Day landing - one man's experience
National Savings Waste paper recycling during World War Two
The Hull evacuees Dennis Staff Raymond Reed Brenda Baker
Bourne in years gone by
Bourne Cow Club
Bourne gasworks
Bourne Town Band
Brick making
Cast iron grave markers
Christmas past in Bourne Cock fighting
Domestic life in past times
Early days on the road
Turnpike roads
The hunting field
Horses - racing and theft
Feasts, treats and picnics Fenland ice skating
Haunted Bourne The legend of Nanny Rutt
The Klondyke horse sanctuary
The May Statute fairs
Higglers
Bill posting
A history of the Tudor Cinema
Penny readings
The potteries from Roman times
Temperance and the evils of drink
Tin tabernacles
Unemployment in the 1920s The Ugandan Asians
White Bread Meadow
Trades & occupations Trade notices Early closing in Bourne
Bourne basket works Clock & watch making William Daniell, piano man Fashion in Victorian Bourne Bourne's first department store Harrison & Dunn
John Smith of Bourne North Shoes Sandall, bakers George Tory, candlemaker
Wind, fire and flood Earthquake Lightning Snow The storm of 1800
Fire deaths and disasters The Cliffe shop fire of 1898
The Meadowgate fire of 1922 The ambulance station fire of 1979
A visit by Edward III Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897
Other royal occasions down the ages Princess Margaret's visit in 1997
The Duke of Edinburgh's visit in 2013
Queen Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee in 2012
The Silver Jubilee Queen The wedding exhibition of 2011 VIP visits
A housewife at the Great Exhibition of 1851
The Lincoln Architectural Society meeting of 1861
The Grand Bazaar and Art Exhibition of 1888
The General Election of 1910 The Arts and Industrial Exhibition of 1911
The Bourne Flitch Trial of 1934 Down Your Way visits Bourne in 1971
The Lincolnshire Agricultural Show at Bourne in 1939
A Gift from Bourne Killing the pig The Emma Searson mystery
The stagecoach disaster of 1821
Policeman and gamekeeper Lincolnshire Yellowbellies Pat of the Red Barrows
Strange but true More unusual occurrences from Bourne's history
When the circus came to town The Everlasting Meat Gossip Wife selling
Law and order
Crime and punishment Crime in Bourne in the early 19th century
More crime tales from past times Swindlers and tricksters Highway robbery
Poaching Horse stealing Sheep stealing Ran-tanning Transportation
Absconders Concealment of birth Courts of justice House of Correction
The great escape that failed The Bourne Association for the Prosecution of Felons
Murder - the case of William Alcock in 1732 Child cruelty - a shocking case from 1851
Attempted murder and suicide in 1876 The Hereward Street murder in 1941
Guy Fawkes Night celebrations in past times
The 1889 case of the 15 tramps The Boer War peace celebrations of 1902
Hereward Labour Camp Hereward Approved School
The Lincolnshire Doorstep Crime Initiative
Memories of yesteryear
An Alien in the House
A Boy's Tale
Bourne revisited
Cycling in Lincolnshire
Fishing in Bourne
Learning to swim
Polly's Tea Shop
Village Games
A Visit to the Library
Walking for enjoyment
Watercress days
When J F K was shot
The workhouse children
Memories of a Bourne childhood 1895-1908 A Lincolnshire childhood
Fishing and Wishing Memories of a country childhood This wonderful life
The play's the thing The river and two uncles My dear old Dad
A wartime dairymaid Happy Days from 30 years ago Henry's Cafe
Life at the Hereward Approved School 1947-1950 The tale of a teapot
Village cricket at Irnham Life at The Croft - growing up in post-war Bourne
Memories of a railway childhood Reminscences of Bourne as it was
Around and about
Baston Nature Reserve
The Bowthorpe oak
The Bulby oak
Cheshire rails
Deeping Lock-up
Dole Wood
Haconby Baptist Chapel
Fire in Langtoft
Milestones
The Exotic Pet Refuge
Stow Green Fair
The Yew Tree Avenue
The Braceborough collector Deeping funeral hudd Dowsby sampler
A Pickworth Diary Irnham in past times Kirkby Underwood almshouses
Morton church bells re-hung in 2006 The Willoughby Memorial Library
A country diary
by Rex Needle
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Snow scenes from 1987 Snow scenes from 2004 Snow scenes from 2009
Winter in Bourne Wood Images of autumn Moorhens improvise in 2006
Out and About with Geoff Bell
Walking the Car Dyke Walking the River Glen Walking Thurlby Fen Slipe
To a wild rose Bringing in the harvest Images of autumn The white admiral Scenes from the countryside
Photo Gallery of scenes by local residents Photo features From my study window
The Bourne Diary 1998-2015 Bourne Comment Newspaper articles The Bourne Picture Archive
There are still many wild flowers to be found in the countryside around Bourne. See A Lincolnshire posy
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