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Bourne is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.It lies on the eastern slopes of the limestone Kesteven Uplands and the western edge of the Fens, [2] 11 miles (18 km) north-east of Stamford, 12 miles (19 km) west of Spalding and 17 miles (27 km) north of Peterborough.
Bourne Castle was a castle in the market town of Bourne in southern Lincolnshire (grid reference. A ringwork castle may have been established in Bourne soon after 1071 by Oger the Breton (largest landholder in Bourne in the 1086 Domesday account).
Bourne Abbey and the Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul is a scheduled Grade I church in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England.The building remains in parochial use, despite the 16th-century Dissolution, as the nave was used by the parish, probably from the time of the foundation of the abbey in 1138.
In early 1870, a group of local businessmen decided to form a company, to be known as the "Bourne Public Hall and Corn Exchange Company", to finance and commission a purpose-built corn exchange for the town. The site they selected, on the northeast side of Abbey Road, was leased to the proprietors of an old post office.
Bourne Town Hall is a municipal building in North Street, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Bourne Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building . [ 1 ]
Bourn & essendine. The Bourn and Essendine Railway (the town originally spelt "Bourn" (later Bourne)) was a seven mile long branch line which connected Bourne in Lincolnshire to the East Coast Main Line in the village of Essendine in Rutland.
Bourne Eau is a short river which rises from an artesian spring in the town of Bourne in Lincolnshire, England, and flows in an easterly direction to join the River Glen at Tongue End. Within the town, it once powered three water mills, one of which is now a heritage centre.
Lincolnshire has long been a primarily agricultural area, and it continues to grow large amounts of wheat, barley, sugar beet, and oilseed rape. In south Lincolnshire, where the soil is particularly rich in nutrients, some of the most common crops include potatoes, cabbages, cauliflowers, and onions. Lincolnshire farmers often break world ...