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In 1931, the widow of Stafford Bourne (the son of one of the founders of Bourne & Hollingsworth's store in London) sold Garston Manor to Benskins the brewers, who transferred it to the North West Metropolitan

Heading south towards Bourne, the route diverts north-east of the town to Edenham, a delightful village on the east bank of the winding East Glen River, whose church has many remarkable monuments to the

Heading south towards Bourne, the route diverts north-east of the town to Edenham, a delightful village on the east bank of the winding East Glen River, whose church has many remarkable monuments to the

Charming thatched cottages on Bourn's High Street.

The Bourne stream runs through the area of Lower, Middle and Upper Bourne, joining the River Wey at Moor Park.

Bourne, at the junction where two Roman roads met, had a Roman station to guard the Car Dyke, the great Roman dyke 56 miles long and still surviving for long stretches.

This picture should more properly be captioned 'The Bourne from Besbury.'

Bourne, at the junction where two Roman roads met, had a Roman station to guard the Car Dyke, the great Roman dyke 56 miles long and still surviving for long stretches.

Though smarter and more affluent today, much of St Mary Bourne is as it was when this photograph was taken.

Taken from the end of the promenade by the Bourne Arms, the scene shows the once-busy steam ferry arriving from Fleetwood across the Wyre estuary.

Bournemouth's Square stands at the very heart of the town astride the River Bourne.

This view looks north along the A15 towards the church of St Guthlac and Bourne.

The Golden Lion, possibly an 18th-century pub, faces the lane that leads up to Bourn Hall.

This was once a place where sheep were washed in a stream (bourne), hence the name.

In 1810, Lewis Tregonwell built a holiday home on lonely heathland, close to the mouth of the tiny River Bourne. Other

This is a lovely environment for children to go to school; here they have been photographed during their break.

The Primitive Methodist movement was officially founded in Tunstall, in 1811, by Hugh Bourne and William Clowes.

Bournemouth's Square stands at the very heart of the town astride the River Bourne.

A neat Austin 8 is here heading for St Mary Bourne.

East of Marlow, where the river bends south, Townsend's and Shaw's boatyards and their wharves were a focus of boating activity in the heyday of the late Victorian and Edwardian boating boom.

In 1823 John Butcher, a preacher from Bolton, was landed by fishing boat at Derby Haven and brought Primitive Methodism to the island.

The suburbs of Bournemouth, which have now sprawled out into the neighbouring countryside, began with the early construction of villa residences, each with its own garden - as suggested by Dr Granville

Its name, the white bourne, means the white stream.

Apart from the areas around the mouth of the Bourne Stream, much of Bournemouth was built to the rear of the long line of cliffs, necessitating many stairways down to the beach for energetic visitors