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BOURNE, or BOURN

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 332 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOURNE, or BOURN , a See also:market See also:town in the S. Kesteven or See also:Stamford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lincolnshire, See also:England; lying in a fenny See also:district 95 m. N. by W. from See also:London. Pop. of See also:urban district (1901) 4361. The Stamford-See also:Sleaford See also:branch of the See also:Great See also:Northern railway here crosses the Saxby-See also:Lynn See also:joint See also:line of the Great Northern and Midland companies. The See also:church of St See also:Peter and St See also:Paul is See also:Norman and See also:Early See also:English with later insertions; it is See also:part of a monastic church belonging to a See also:foundation of Augustinian canons of 1138, of which the other buildings have almost wholly disappeared. See also:Trade is principally agricultural. Bourne is famous through its connexion with the ardent opponent of See also:William the Conqueror, See also:Hereward the See also:Wake. Of his See also:castle very slight traces remain. Bourne was also the birthplace of the Elizabethan statesman See also:Cecil, See also:Lord See also:Burghley. The Red See also:Hall, which now forms part of the railway station buildings, belonged to the See also:family of See also:Digby, of whom See also:Sir Everard Digby was executed in 'See also:nob for his connexion with the See also:Gunpowder See also:Plot.

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