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BOURNE
Lincolnshire         England
in
 Words and Pictures

WRITTEN, RESEARCHED AND PHOTOGRAPHED

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

Town sign

 

Photograph of the Week

Photographed by Rex Needle
 The Red Hall at Bourne
 PHOTOGRAPHED AT 3.23 pm ON THURSDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER 2010
New housing is slowly encircling the historic Red Hall to the south where an estate of sixty homes is springing up on the site of the old railway warehouses and there are fears that the public library and fire station may soon be swallowed up in similar fashion. The aspect from the south west however remains unsullied by development and presents a view of this fine early 17th century building rarely seen by the public, so neat and uncluttered that it resembles a model that could be picked up and packed sway for safe keeping to protect it from unwanted intrusion.

PICTURE GALLERY
Take a look at some of the stunning pictures taken by visitors to this web site.
All contributions are considered for our Photograph of the Week.

 

THE BOURNE WEB SITE IS READ AROUND THE WORLD
        A visitor logged on this week from Shepherdsville, a city in Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA, with a population of around 9,500 and birthplace of the actor George Clooney.   


This edition includes

 

REX NEEDLE'S DIARY
 Street clutter may finally be cleared
 CONTROVERSIAL AND CONTEMPLATIVE

 

A Portrait of Bourne
 THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF A LINCOLNSHIRE MARKET TOWN
OTHER NEW ITEMS
A history of Wake House
BUT THE FUTURE REMAINS UNCERTAIN		 A headmaster revered by all
JOSEPH J DAVIES (1856-1920)
Walking Thurlby Fen Slipe
WITH GEOFF BELL

 

PEEPS INTO THE PAST

Modern traffic flows regularly choke South Street on the southern approach to the town but a century ago the road was usually deserted except for the occasional stray dog and a shop assistant hopefully awaiting customers.

Photographed in 1905

Read more about this town from times gone by

BBC Weather for BOURNE

 

 

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

 

MAILING LIST
- to receive our monthly newsletter, simply enter your name in the message section of your email and send  ►

 

TALES OF BOURNE FROM PAST TIMES
 A substantial book about the history of this town running
to 200 pages with 150 photographs both modern and contemporary
  BRIEF LIVES OF BOURNE PEOPLE
  Fifty biographies of the great and the good

A PORTRAIT OF BOURNE
 The history of this town on CD-ROM from the earliest times to the present day, now revised and greatly extended for the 2010 edition.

CD-ROM

 

Find a plumber or other tradesmen and services in and around Bourne. Property prices and more.

 

 

THE BOURNE WEB SITE HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR TWELVE YEARS
  Number of visitors during August  =  7,164   Overall ►

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