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BOURNE
Lincolnshire         England
in
 Words and Pictures

WRITTEN, RESEARCHED AND PHOTOGRAPHED

by Rex Needle

Population 15,000 with 5,500 homes  (2008 estimate), 71 listed buildings, town hall, corn exchange, five churches, town mayor and town council with 15 members returned every four years..

Town sign

 

Photograph of the Week

Photo by Rex Needle
Cherry blossom in the Wellhead Gardens at Bourne
 PHOTOGRAPHED AT 11.27 am on TUESDAY 6th MAY 2008
One of the springtime delights in Bourne is the appearance of the cherry blossom in the Wellhead Gardens where it creates a colourful avenue for the length of the park, a most pleasant walk on a sunny day and one that is enjoyed by many. The pink blossom however is not so abundant as in past years because several trees have either died or been vandalised and not replaced and so apart from three trees at the eastern end the colour is predominantly white, although no less attractive.

 

THE BOURNE WEB SITE IS READ AROUND THE WORLD
     We had a visitor this week from Beijing, also known as Peking, capital of the People's Republic of China.


This edition includes

 

REX NEEDLE'S DIARY
 The pitfalls of quoting old documents CONTROVERSIAL AND CONTEMPLATIVE

 

OTHER NEW FEATURES
Listing our ancient buildings
OFFICIAL PROTECTION FROM DEMOLITION		 When the corn trade flourished
REMEMBERING OUR RED BRICK WAREHOUSES
Court hearings finish
END OF AN ERA FOR THE TOWN HALL		 A look back at 40 years ago
SCRAPBOOK REVEALS LIFE IN 1965
CURRENT ISSUES 
 The Bourne Wood debate        Sign the online petition
Saving the cemetery chapel  

 

PEEPS INTO THE PAST

No 15 Bedehouse Bank - now demolished


This rare mediaeval mud and stud cottage was a Grade II listed building but was demolished with the approval of local councillors  and so inspired the formation of the Civic Society in 1977 to protect our heritage in the future.

See more about this town in times gone by

BBC Weather for BOURNE

 

 

CD-ROM

A PORTRAIT OF BOURNE
 The history of a Lincolnshire market town on CD-ROM from
the earliest times to the present day
  THE BOURNE CHRONICLE
  Dates, events and people in our history

FOR SALE - framed views of landmark buildings around the town
Delivered free to the Bourne area

 

  FOCUS  - view all contributions on site
LINKS - add your web site address to our list
PICTURE GALLERY - submit a favourite photograph

PROMINENT PEOPLE - 500 names from past and present
PUBLICATIONS - relating to this town
READERS - remember past times
VISITOR COUNTRIES -  tell us where you are located

 

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THE BOURNE WEB SITE WILL BE 10 YEARS OLD IN AUGUST
    Number of visitors during April - 8,785.  Overall ►

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