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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 .
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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.
Once a chapel of Alvingham Priory. Alvingham Priory: Alvingham: East Lindsey: 1148 Dissolved 1538. The church of St Mary was originally a chapel as part of the priory, though it also pre-dates the founding of the priory. St Mark's Church Amcotts: North Lincolnshire: 1853 Grade II N/A St Thomas A Becket's Church (lost) Amcotts: North ...
The land the castle occupied is now a park, known as the Wellhead Park, owned by the Bourne United Charities and is open to the public. [4] The first reference to Bourne Castle was in the 1179/80 Pipe Roll. There are other mentions of Bourne Castle throughout its history including the IPM (Inquisition Post Mortem) and the Close Rolls.
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Vaudey Abbey, also known as Vandy Abbey or Vandey Abbey, was an English Cistercian abbey. It was founded in 1147 by William, Count of Aumale, Earl of York.Its site is within the Grimsthorpe Castle park, in Lincolnshire, 3.7 miles (6 km) northwest of Bourne on the A151, but there are no remains of the Abbey aside from earthworks.
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.