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Bourne
Bourne, Lincolnshire (Lincolnshire)
Bourne, Lincolnshire

Bourne shown within Lincolnshire
Population 11,933[1]
OS grid reference TF094202
District South Kesteven
Shire county Lincolnshire
Region East Midlands
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Bourne
Postcode district PE10
Dialling code 01778
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
European Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament Grantham and Stamford
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 52°46′06″N 0°22′39″W / 52.7684, -0.3775

Bourne is a market town on the western edge of the Fens, in southern Lincolnshire, England. Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government South Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one The East Midlands is one of the Regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The, also known as the Peterborough postcode area, is a group of postal districts covering a large area in eastern England, including Peterborough and The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Lincolnshire Police is the Home Office police force covering the Non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands of England The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue is the statutory Fire and Rescue service serving the county of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands Region of the The East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS is the NHS ambulance service serving the East Midlands region of England. East Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 6 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of Party-list proportional This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Grantham and Stamford is a County constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of places in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The Fens, also known as the Fenland, is a geographic area in eastern England, in the United Kingdom. Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The town owes its origin to the Roman road upon which it was built, and also to the exceptionally fine-quality water supply derived locally from natural springs. The name “Bourne” (or “Bourn”, as the town was originally known) is a common name for a settlement and derives from the Anglo-Saxon meaning “water” or “stream”. The town lies on the intersection of the A15 and the B1193 (formerly A151) roads at 52°46.0920′N, 0°22.6320′W. The A151 road is relatively minor part of the British road system As well as the main township, the parish includes the hamlets of Cawthorpe, Dyke and Twenty. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. Dyke is a hamlet in the Civil parish of Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. Twenty is a small somewhat remote hamlet, 4 miles (6 km east of the market town of Bourne, (between Bourne and Spalding) in Lincolnshire

The town economy was based on rural industries. The coming of the railway opened up a market for mineral waters bottled locally. Today the local economy is still mainly rurally-based, revolving around agriculture and food preparation and packaging geared towards the modern system of supermarkets, but there are also important light engineering and tourism activities. Customer divider barjpg|thumb|In supermarkets sellers periodically change prices for classes of goods in response to market conditions rather than negotiating the price of each good The district as a whole has one of the fastest-growing housing markets in the whole country, with much of the new building taking place in Bourne. The town population is now (2006) nearer to 15,000 than the 12,000 or so given in the 2001 Census data. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A nationwide Census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 There are approximately 5424 households in Bourne as of 2007.

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Bourne people

Bourne is reputedly the birthplace of Hereward the Wake (in about 1035), although the twelfth century source of this information, De Gestis Herwardi Saxonis,[2] refers in this connection only to his father as being 'of Bourne' and to the father's house and retainers[3] there. Charles Kingsley used the De Gestis text for his lively novel which repeats the fundamental story with much descriptive embellishment. Charles Kingsley ( June 12 1819 &ndash January 23 1875) was an English Novelist, particularly associated with the [4]

Orm (or Ormin) the Preacher (flourished 1180) worked at Bourne Abbey during the 12th Century, about a century earlier than Robert Mannyng (see below) but his presence here has only been revealed during recent research. Bourne Abbey is the name of the parish church in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. His collection of homilies known as The Ormulum has been well known to linguists and language historians ever since the 17th century but its source has only recently been established as Bourne Abbey. The Ormulum or Orrmulum is a 12th-century work of Biblical Exegesis, written in early Middle English verse by a monk named Orm (or Bourne Abbey is the name of the parish church in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. Orm's language provides a glimpse of the English vernacular of the time and before it was strongly influenced by the French. It is assumed that the manuscript remained at Bourne Abbey until the dissolution of the monasteries between 1536 and 1540 and after various owners, it is now in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, where it is kept in conditions in keeping with its age and fragility. The Bodleian Library ( the main Research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in England The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the

Robert Mannyng (1264 – 1340) is perhaps the most notable of the town's past citizens. Robert Mannyng or Robert de Brunne (c1275 - c1338 a Gilbertine monk provides a surprising amount of information about himself in his two known works Handlyng He is credited with putting the speech of the ordinary people of his time into recognisable form. He is better known as Robert de Brunne because of his long time residence as a canon at Bourne Abbey. There he completed his life's work; he popularised religious and historical material in a Middle English dialect that was easily understood by the people of his time. Middle English is the name given by Historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of His work Handlyng Synne is acknowledged to be of great value because it gives glimpses into the ways and thoughts of his contemporaries and even more, shows us the language then in common use.

William Cecil (1520 – 1598) became the first Lord Burghley after serving Queen Elizabeth I for forty years, during which time he was the main architect of Britain's successful policies of that period, earning a reputation as a master of renaissance statecraft with outstanding talents as a diplomat, politician and administrator. William Cecil may refer to Lord William Cecil (1854-1943 British royal courtier William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598 English He was born at a house in the town centre at Bourne that is now the Burghley Arms and a plaque on the outside reminds us of this event.

Job Hartop (1550 – 1595) was a farmer's boy working on the land near Bourne but hankered after a life of adventure and ran away to sea when he was twelve years old. Job Hartop was an English adventurer who enlisted as a gunner on John Hawkins ' third voyage to the Caribbean After a short apprenticeship with a gunpowder manufacturer in London, he signed on with the English admiral Sir John Hawkins and sailed the Spanish Main in the company of the young Francis Drake. Admiral Sir John Hawkins (also spelled as John Hawkyns) ( Plymouth 1532 &ndash November 12 1595) was an English shipbuilder The Spanish Main was the mainland coast of the Spanish Empire around the Caribbean. Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c 1540 &ndash 27 January 1595 was an English Privateer, navigator, Slaver, and politician He was captured by the Spanish on his third voyage and spent ten years as a galley slave and thirteen years in a Spanish prison but managed to escape and make his way back to Bourne where he spent his final days recounting his adventures in the town's taverns, although the privations he suffered had taken their toll and he died at the age of 45.

Robert Harrington (philanthropist) (1589 – 1654) made large bequests to Bourne from which the community benefits to this day. Legend has it that he walked to London to seek his fortune and was most successful in his endeavours and when he died, he remembered his home town by leaving shops and dwelling houses in the Leytonstone area "for the benefit of his own people", namely the citizens of Bourne. Leytonstone is an area of East London and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The charity established in his name is by far the greatest currently administered by Bourne United Charities and fittingly, Harrington Street was named in his memory.

Dr William Dodd (1729 – 1777), was an Anglican clergyman, a man of letters and a forger. William Dodd ( 29 May 1729 - 27 June 1777) was an English Anglican Clergyman and a man of letters Year 1729 ( MDCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He was also the son of the Rev William Dodd who was Vicar of Bourne from 1727–56, graduating with distinction from Clare College, Cambridge, and then moved to London where his extravagant lifestyle soon landed him in debt and worried his friends who persuaded him to mend his ways and so he decided to take holy orders and was ordained in 1751. Year 1727 ( MDCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1756 ( MDCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Clare College is a college of the University of Cambridge, the second oldest surviving college after Peterhouse. In a general sense the term Holy Orders refers to those in the Christian religion who have been ordained in Apostolic Succession. Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a He became a popular and fashionable preacher but was always short of money and in an attempt to rectify his depleted finances, forged a bond in the sum of £4,200. He was found out, prosecuted and sentenced to death and publicly hanged at Tyburn on 27 June 1777. Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death History The village was one of two manors of the Parish of St Marylebone, which was itself named after the stream St Marylebone being Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Charles Worth (1825 – 1895) was born in this town, the son of a local solicitor who lived at Wake House in North Street which survives today as a community centre. Charles Frederick Worth ( October 13, 1825 &ndash March 10, 1895) widely considered the Father of Haute Couture, was an English Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year A "solicitor" is a term used in many Common law jurisdictions for a lawyer who offers legal services outside of the courts He left Bourne when still a boy to seek his fortune in Paris where he became a world-renowned designer of women's fashion and the founder of haute couture. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city A designer is a person who designs something Perhaps the broadest definition is that provided by Herbert Simon: ‘Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing Fashion refers to styles of dress (but can also include cuisine literature art architecture and general comportment that are popular in a culture at any given time Haute couture ( French for "high sewing" or "high dressmaking" oːt kuˈtyʁ refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted fashions His reputation was such that the French government awarded him the Legion of Honour and when he died, 2,000 people, including the President of the Republic, attended his funeral. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected The French Third Republic (in French, La Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe

Robert A Gardner (1850 – 1926) was a bank manager in Bourne and also a talented artist whose work was exhibited in the Royal Academy. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article refers to an art institution in London For other meanings of Royal Academy see Royal Academy (disambiguation. He never aspired to public office but his interest in the community inevitably resulted in a number of appointments, notably as a magistrate and chairman of the Bourne bench. A magistrate is a judicial officer In Common law systems a magistrate usually has limited authority to administer and enforce the Law. But he is best remembered for his paintings and many of his works survive to this day, mostly in private ownership although some can be found hanging in the Red Hall.

Frederic Manning (1882 – 1935) wrote what is considered to be one of the finest novels dealing with the Great War of 1914–18 and much of this work was completed while staying at the Bull Hotel in Bourne, now the Burghley Arms. Frederic Manning ( 22 July 1882 &ndash 22 February 1935) was an Australian Poet and Novelist. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Manning was an Australian who chose to live here after a spell at Edenham where he stayed with the vicar, the Rev Arthur Galton, who had been his tutor. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Edenham is a village and Civil parish in Lincolnshire, England situated about three miles north-west of Bourne on the A151. Her Privates We (Hogarth Press, ISBN 0-7012-0702-7) was at first published anonymously, to much critical acclaim, but eight years after his death, it was published in 1943 under his own name and is still in print almost 70 years later. The Hogarth Press was founded in 1917 by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the book, Manning acknowledged his affection for this town by calling his hero Private Bourne.

Lilian Wyles (1885 – 1975) was a major influence in the acceptance of women into the police force. Lilian Wyles (1885-1975 the daughter of a brewer in Bourne Lincolnshire, became a pioneer in the establishment of women as officers in the Metropolitan Police Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. She was the only daughter of the Bourne brewer, Joseph Wyles, and after a spell of duty on the streets of London with the new women patrols to assist young girls at risk, was promoted inspector in 1922, becoming the first woman officer of the Metropolitan Police's CID department. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police.

Charles Sharpe (1889 – 1963) was a farmer's boy from Pickworth, near Bourne, who ran away from home and joined the army. Charles Richard Sharpe VC (2 April 1889-18 February 1963 was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. During the Great War of 1914-18, an act of conspicuous bravery earned him the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest decoration for valour, and he subsequently inspired many young men to enlist. See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since On return to civilian life, he worked at a number of jobs, notably as a physical training instructor to boys at the Hereward Camp approved school, who regarded him as a role model. An approved school is a term formerly used in the United Kingdom to mean a residential instutution to which Young offenders could be sent by a court

Raymond Mays (1899 – 1980), son of a local businessman, achieved fame in the world of international motor racing, both on and off the track. Thomas Raymond Mays ( August 1, 1899 – January 6, 1980) was an auto racing driver from Bourne Lincolnshire, England. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) After a successful career as a driver, he opened workshops in Bourne where he developed the BRM, the revolutionary car that eventually won the world championship in 1962. "BRM" redirects here For other uses please see BRM (disambiguation. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mays, who lived at Eastgate House in Bourne all his life, was honoured with a CBE in 1978 for his services to motor racing. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar)

History

Bourne Abbey, (charter 1138), formerly held and maintained land in Bourne and other parishes. Bourne Abbey is the name of the parish church in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. In later times this was known as the manor of 'Bourne Abbots'. Whether the canons knew that name is less clear. The estate was given by the Abbey's founder, Baldwin fitz Gilbert de Clare, son of Gilbert fitz Richard, and later benefactors. Gilbert Fitz Richard (1065-1115 was son and heir of Richard Fitz Gilbert, earl of Clare and heiress Rohese Giffard The Abbey was established under the Arrouaisian order. Its fundamental rule was that of Augustine and as time went on, it came to be regarded as Augustinian. The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430) are several Catholic Monastic orders and congregations The Ormulum, an important Middle English Biblical gloss, was probably written in the abbey in around 1175. The Ormulum or Orrmulum is a 12th-century work of Biblical Exegesis, written in early Middle English verse by a monk named Orm (or Middle English is the name given by Historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin

Economy

Agriculture

Sugar beet was first successfully raised as an English crop, in the fenland east of Bourne, after trials elsewhere in the country had proved unsuccessful, by British Sugar Ltd. Sugar beet ( Beta vulgaris L a member of the Chenopodiaceae family is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of Sucrose. British Sugar plc is a subsidiary of Associated British Foods and the sole British producer of Sugar from Sugar beet. It had been developed in Germany and France in he early nineteenth century. Although Britain's ravenous demand for sugar was mostly fulfilled by European beet imports until shortly after 1900, the successful sugar beet production in areas such as that around Twenty, fulfilled the nation's sugar requirements during World War I and World War II. Twenty is a small somewhat remote hamlet, 4 miles (6 km east of the market town of Bourne, (between Bourne and Spalding) in Lincolnshire World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Local government

Lincolnshire County Council

Bourne has two County Council wards:

Bourne Abbey:

Bourne Castle:

Mrs Farquharson was elected after a by-election was held on 6 July 2006. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The previous Councillor, Ian Croft (Conservative), appeared before the Adjudication Panel on 31 March 2006 and was found guilty on several charges of misconduct. The Standards Board for England is a Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department for Communities and Local Government. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He was an associate of disgraced former Leader of the Council, Jim Speechley, succeeding him as Leader. The Panel ordered that Mr Croft be suspended from office as a Councillor for fifteen months. He did not lodge an appeal, and resigned from the Council.

South Kesteven District Council

Bourne has two District Council wards, each electing three councillors:

Bourne East:

Bourne West:

Councillor Mrs Neal is the current Leader of South Kesteven District Council.

Bourne Town Council

Bourne Town Council has two wards which are identical to the South Kesteven District Council wards. Bourne East elects seven councillors to the town council and Bourne West eight.

From 1899 to 1974, Bourne had an Urban District Council in the former Parts of Kesteven. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of Local government district that covered an Urbanised area The Parts of Kesteven are a traditional subdivision of Lincolnshire, England. Under the Local Government Act 1972, Bourne UDC was dissolved into the newly-formed South Kesteven district. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c 70 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in England and Wales South Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county Urban districts which disappeared in this way formed successor parishes and were given a dispensation to call their "parish" councils "town" councils, and the chairman is given the title Town Mayor. Successor parishes are Civil parishes created by the Local Government Act 1972 with the same boundaries as an Urban district or Municipal borough These town councils were allowed to adopt the Coat of Arms granted to the former UDC. A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people

A Bourne Rural District also existed from 1894 to 1931, when it was abolished to form part of a larger South Kesteven Rural District. Bourne was a Rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven from 1894 to 1931 Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. South Kesteven was a Rural district in Lincolnshire Parts of Kesteven in England from 1931 to 1974 The parish of Bourne had formed part of Bourne RD from 1894 to 1899. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common South Kesteven R. D. C. had its own distinct Coat of Arms which disappeared along with that of Kesteven in 1974, and very few copies of either remain in existence. The Parts of Kesteven are a traditional subdivision of Lincolnshire, England. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar.

International links

Since October 1989, Bourne has been twinned with Doudeville, Seine Maritime, France

Sport

Bourne Town Football Club, known affectionately as "The Wakes", plays football in the United Counties Football League and the junior club runs teams for young people at all ages in local league competitions. Doudeville is a French commune, in the Canton of Doudeville, situated in the the arrondissement of Rouen, the Seine-Maritime is a French department in Normandy. Before 1955 it was known as Seine-Inférieure. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Bourne Town Football Club is an English football team based in Bourne, England, currently playing in the United Counties Football League Leagues Premier Division See also United Counties Football League Premier Division The United Counties Football League Premier Division is at Level 9 The cricket team is one of the strongest in the Lincolnshire Premier Division and often provides players for the Lincolnshire Minor Counties team. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries The minor counties are the Cricketing counties of England and Wales that are not afforded first class status These teams play their home games at the Abbey Lawn, a recreation ground privately owned by the Bourne United Charities. The Abbey Lawn in Bourne Lincolnshire, England, is a centrally-located space used as the principal recreation ground in the town Bourne United Charities is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales Also at "The Lawn" are the tennis and bowls clubs, along with a particularly fine open-air swimming pool. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Bowls (also known as Lawn Bowls or Lawn Bowling) is a precision Sport in which the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical Balls A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is an artificially enclosed Body of water intended for Swimming or Bourne Rugby Club is based outside the town at Milking Nook Drove 52°46.2420′N, 0°20.2560′W, with senior teams and thriving Junior and Mini sections. Rugby football (usually just " rugby " may refer to a number of sports through history descended from a common form of Football developed at Rugby School The hockey club is obliged to play elsewhere, as there is not a suitable all-weather playing surface in the town. Field hockey is a Team sport in which players attempt to score goals by hitting the Ball across the pitch with a stick Bourne also hosts a number of other sporting clubs, particularly in the field of martial arts, and efforts to build a skate park continue. Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. The Leisure Centre is attached to Robert Manning College and caters for a number of indoor activities, including a swimming pool. Robert Manning College is a Co-educational comprehensive state secondary school in Bourne Lincolnshire.

Motorsport

For the past 80 years, Bourne has been noted in the field of motorsport under the names of Raymond Mays, ERA, BRM, the Hall Brothers and Pilbeam Racing Designs. Thomas Raymond Mays ( August 1, 1899 – January 6, 1980) was an auto racing driver from Bourne Lincolnshire, England. English Racing Automobiles ( ERA) was a British Racing car manufacturer active from 1933 to 1954 "BRM" redirects here For other uses please see BRM (disambiguation. Pilbeam Racing Designs is a British company which designs and constructs racing cars, based in the Lincolnshire town of Bourne.

The two famous racing car marques English Racing Automobiles and British Racing Motors were both founded by Raymond Mays, international racing driver and designer. ERA started in 1934 and BRM in 1949, when the first car was unveiled at Folkingham Airfield. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. RAF Folkingham was an air station of the Second World War period established in phases on a convex hilltop by the British Royal Air Force, and lent to the United Success was slow in coming but new workshops were opened in 1960 where engines and cars were developed. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1962 Graham Hill won the world championship in the BRM, the first British driver to win in an all-British car. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Norman Graham Hill ( February 15, 1929 – November 29, 1975) was a British racing driver and two-time Formula One World The Formula One World Drivers' Championship (WDC is awarded by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile ( FIA) to the most successful Formula One The BRM team won the Constructors' Championship, and also that year's team prize at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards. By season Motor racing fans believed this would be the start of a new era for the sport, but it proved to be something of a false dawn. By 1965, the company had 100 employees in Bourne and this was another victorious year when BRM cars gained either a first or second prize in every Grand Prix race that was held. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894 After that, the cars had mixed fortunes until the Mexican driver Pedro Rodriguez scored a comeback victory in the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa. Pedro Rodríguez ( 18 January 1940 &ndash 11 July 1971) was a Mexican Grand Prix motor racing driver The 1970 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 7, 1970 Classification The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is the venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix and the Spa 24 Hours endurance race There were further successes but as the sport became the province of heavy commercial sponsorship, advancement was dogged by mechanical failures and lack of resources. The team ceased to compete after 1977. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays In all, BRM won seventeen Grands Prix between 1959 and 1972, the successful drivers apart from Hill (10), Stewart (2) and Rodriguez were Jo Bonnier, the tragic Jo Siffert, Peter Gethin and finally, Jean-Pierre Beltoise. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joakim "Jo" Bonnier ( January 31 1930 - June 11 1972) was a Swedish Sportscar racing and Formula One Joseph Siffert ( July 7, 1936 – October 24, 1971) was a Swiss Racing driver. Peter Kenneth Gethin (born February 21, 1940) is a former Racing driver from England. Jean-Pierre Maurice Georges Beltoise (born April 26 1937 in Paris, France) is a former Grand Prix Motorcycle road Soon after Mays died in 1980, Rubery Owen decided to sell the BRM collection of racing cars. Rubery Owen is a British engineering company which was founded in 1884 in Darlaston, West Midlands. The sale created international interest when it took place during the Motor Show at Earl's Court, London, in October 1981. An auto show, or motorshow, is a public exhibition of current Automobile models debuts Concept cars or out-of-production classics The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (also known as Earls Court Arena or often simply Earls Court) is an entertainment venue located in West London, Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981

The former workshops are now occupied by a firm of auctioneers who use them as a saleroom, but the achievements of Raymond Mays and the motor racing connection with Bourne are remembered with a Memorial Room at the town's Heritage Centre (Baldock's Mill in South Street). The room is filled with photographs, memorabilia and an impressive display of silverware won by BRM cars and drivers on international circuits. Following on from a uniquely memorable Sunday in August 1999 when a collection of BRM cars paraded around the streets of the town watched by hundreds of spectators [1], a superb memorial to Raymond Mays and the town's motor racing heritage was unveiled in South Street in 2003. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Bourne continues to be closely connected with the motorsport industry. In 1975, BRM's former Chief Designer, Mike Pilbeam, set up Pilbeam Racing Designs which is still based in the town. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pilbeam Racing Designs is a British company which designs and constructs racing cars, based in the Lincolnshire town of Bourne. Pilbeam is particularly known for its outstanding successes in hillclimbing in the 1980s and early 1990s. Hillclimbing (also known as hill climbing, speed hillclimbing or speed hill climbing) is a branch of Motorsport in which drivers compete against The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999

Culture and attractions

Bourne buildings

Red Hall, a Grade II listed building in Bourne, Lincolnshire
Red Hall, a Grade II listed building in Bourne, Lincolnshire
The Abbey and Parish Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
The Abbey and Parish Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

There are currently 71 listed buildings in the parish of Bourne, the most important being the Abbey and Parish Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (1138) which is the only one scheduled Grade I. Paul the apostle (שאול התרסי Šaʾul HaTarsi, meaning " Saul of Tarsus " Σαούλ Saul and Σαῦλος Saulos and The others are Grade II, the most colourful being the aptly named Red Hall (ca. 1620), finished in red brick with ashlar quoins, many gabled and featuring a fine Tuscan porch. From 1860 to 1959, it was the town's railway station booking office and waiting room. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. At two stages, in the 1890s and 1960s, it came close to demolition but the building is now well preserved by Bourne United Charities. The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the " Mauve Decade" because William Henry Perkin 's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Bourne United Charities is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales The former station booking office serves as the BUC's office.

Baldock's Mill (1800), once a corn-grinding water mill, together with the miller's house, has been converted by Bourne Civic Society to serve as the town's Heritage Centre. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Bourne Civic Society is a voluntary organization concerned with the development of the town and community of Bourne Lincolnshire, in the past present and future It houses many interesting artefacts, most recently a water-wheel has been installed and a newly-created replica of a Charles Worth dress is on display. Charles Frederick Worth ( October 13, 1825 &ndash March 10, 1895) widely considered the Father of Haute Couture, was an English

The Baptist Church building dates from 1835 but the Church itself was established here in the 1640s. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common This building, the Methodist Church (1841) and the United Reformed Church (1846) are all still in active use. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display

Under threat

The Old Grammar School was housed in a fine red-brick building with a Collyweston roof, built in the seventeenth century and largely rebuilt in 1738. Collyweston is a village about 4 miles away from Stamford on the road to Kettering. Year 1738 ( MDCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or The school closed in 1904, and the building, which stands in the Abbey churchyard, has since been used for a variety of purposes. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Maintenance has been lacking for many years, and the roof was condemned as unsafe in April 2003 but has now been repaired. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The building is in need of a good use but problems of access make finding one difficult.

At the cemetery owned and run by the Town Council is a chapel [2], built in 1855. In recent years, the building has not been used as a chapel, and the fabric has deteriorated. This is attributed to a lack of maintenance by the Council due to financial constraints, however, the shallowness of the foundations is said to be the principal cause [3]. The chapel now requires considerable expenditure if it is to survive, but on 23 January 2007 the Town Council took the decision to demolish it [4]. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. In 2007, local campaigners obtained a Grade II listing from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, which secures the building from demolition for the foreseeable future. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance The Department for Culture Media and Sport ( DCMS) is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport In 2008, the effort is now under way to identify a source of funding (estimated around £400,000) to render the building fit for long-term community use. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

In July 2008, the Ostler Memorial in the town cemetery, an ornate Gothic water fountain originally erected in the market place in 1860 to the memory of local benefactor John Lely Ostler (1811-59) but neglected in recent years, was also given a Grade II status by DCMS bringing the total number of listed buildings in Bourne to 71.

Nearby attractions

Education

Communications

Road

Bourne Market Place is at the crossroads of the A15 road and the B1193. Corby Glen lies at in South Kesteven, in Lincolnshire. Until the 1950s it was simply Corby Lincolnshire but in the County of Northamptonshire Bourne Grammar School is a Co-educational selective state secondary school in Bourne Lincolnshire. Robert Manning College is a Co-educational comprehensive state secondary school in Bourne Lincolnshire. Strictly speaking, it was a staggered pair of T-junctions where the A15 was met by the A151 from Spalding to the east and the B676 from the west (the article A151 road explains) before the B676 was redesignated as an extension of the A151 to Colsterworth. The A151 road is relatively minor part of the British road system Colsterworth is a village in the English county of Lincolnshire. The A151 was diverted from the town centre via Cherry Holt Road and a newly-opened relief road in 2005. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. When the rapid expansion of the town was first proposed in the early 1990s, development was scheduled to the north-east of the town, and part of this would have been a north/south bypass on the A15 under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 was passed to better regulate the way in which large and small scale developments were approved by local authorities in England and Wales However, the chosen site was shifted to the south-west of the town, and the proposed by-pass was lost. A large volume of traffic is generated within the town, with the result that the A15 between Bourne and Peterborough is one of the busiest roads in the whole county. History Early history Present-day Peterborough is the latest in a series of settlements which have at one time or other benefited from its situation where the Nene To the west of the town, the A6121 branches from the A151 and takes traffic towards Stamford

The town's bus services are provided by Delaine, a family-owned and run company which has been operating in Bourne for many years. The A6121 is a small cross-country road in the counties of Lincolnshire and Rutland, England. Stamford is located 100 miles north of London just off the A1 which was the old Great North Road leading to York and Edinburgh. Delaine Buses is a bus operator based in Bourne Lincolnshire, England.

Confusion: When the relief road opened, the section of the A151 in the town centre was renumbered. However, ever since then some published road maps are incorrect. The A151 now follows Cherry Holt Road, it no longer continues to the town centre. The only reliable map is the Ordnance Survey: TF1020. The error seems also to affect satellite navigation systems, causing large lorries to attempt a tight corner in the town centre rather than keeping to the correct roads.

Rail

The railways around Bourne and Stamford in 1915
The railways around Bourne and Stamford in 1915

Bourne had a railway station which was on both the Great Northern line from Essendine to Sleaford and the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway connecting the Midlands to East Anglia. The Great Northern Railway (GNR was a British railway company established by the London & York Railway Act of 1846 Essendine is a village at the eastern end of the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. Sleaford is a town within the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GN was a Joint railway owned by the Midland Railway (MR and the Great Northern Railway (GNR in eastern Both these were closed to timetabled passenger service by the end of February 1959 and the lines were closed to occasional use by the Beeching Axe. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Beeching Axe is an informal name for the British Government 's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system With the exception of the Red Hall, the principal station buildings were demolished in 1964, the year after the Beeching Report. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The main goods shed survived however, just into the new century and there remains an unusual survival: a goods store of wooden construction. The mechanism of the locomotive turntable is now in the Wansford depot of the Nene Valley Railway. The Nene Valley Railway (NVR is a preserved railway in Cambridgeshire, England, running between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell The Nene Valley Railway (NVR is a preserved railway in Cambridgeshire, England, running between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell

The first local railway was the Earl of Ancaster's estate railway, which ran from the East Coast Main Line at Little Bytham, through the Grimsthorpe estate to Edenham. Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby 1st Earl of Ancaster PC ( 1 October 1830 &ndash 24 December 1910) known as Lord The East Coast Main Line ( ECML) is the electrified high-speed railway link between London and Edinburgh connecting Yorkshire, North East Little Bytham is a scenic small village in South Kesteven in south Lincolnshire situated between Corby Glen and Stamford on the B1176 which Grimsthorpe Castle is a Country house in Lincolnshire, England four miles (6 km north-west of Bourne on the A151. Edenham is a village and Civil parish in Lincolnshire, England situated about three miles north-west of Bourne on the A151.

Canal

Until the mid-nineteenth century, the Bourne Eau was capable of carrying commercial boat traffic from the Wash coast and Spalding. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Bourne Eau rises in, otherwise known as St Peter's Pool in the town of Bourne Lincolnshire. The Wash is the square-mouthed Estuary on the northwest margin of East Anglia on the east coast of England, where Norfolk meets Lincolnshire Spalding is a Market town with a population of 30000 on the River Welland in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. This resulted from the investment following the Bourne Navigation Act of 1780. An Act of Parliament is a Law enacted as Primary legislation by a national or sub-national Parliament.

Notes

  1. ^ Lincolnshire Research Observatory / Office for National Statistics, "Statistics about Bourne, South Kesteven. "
  2. ^ Bevis, T. translator De Gestis Herwardi Saxonis Westrydale Press. (1982) ISBN 0-901680-28-1 Chapter II
  3. ^ De gestis Chaper XIV
  4. ^ Kingsley, C. Hereward, the Last of the English (1866)

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