PUBLICATIONS

RELATING

TO THIS TOWN

Bourne in 1920

 

A Portrait of Bourne (on CD-ROM) by Rex Needle (2001-06)
The Bourne Chronicle by Rex Needle (2005)
The Bourne Internet web site (1998-2006) edited by Rex Needle
Glimpses of Bourne Past and Present - by Rex Needle
(monthly newsletter published from October 2005)
Historic Pictures of Bourne compiled by Michael McGregor (2000)
Raymond Mays of Bourne by Michael McGregor (1994)
A History of Bourne by J D Birkbeck (1970 & 1976)
Bourne - A Photographic Reminiscence by Bourne Civic Society (1979)
Bourne and People Associated with Bourne by Joseph T Swift (1925)
Highways and Byways in Lincolnshire by William Franklin Rawnsley (1914)
Historic Bourne by John J Davies (1909)
The Hundred of Aveland by John Moore (1809)
The Beauty of Lincolnshire by John Britton (1807)

Regular articles on subjects of historical interest by Rex Needle have been
published by The Local newspaper since 1999.

Booklets written and published by Rex Needle (2000-2005)

A history of Baldock’s Mill (1800-2003)
A Pickworth Diary - jottings of a young lady during the Great War
Bourne Castle – fact or fiction?
Bourne Conservation Area – an illustrated guide to all listed buildings in Bourne
A history of Bourne Hospital (1915-2003)
A history of the Bourne Institute and Bourne Rifle Range
Bourne Military Hospital 1914-18
Bourne’s Outdoor Swimming Pool – a short history
Bourne Public Library – a short history
A history of Bourne Town Cemetery
The Bourne Volunteers – a history of part time military service
Crime and Punishment – a short history of law and order in Bourne
Dad’s Army in Bourne – the Home Guard from 1940-45
Dyke Village – the quest for conservation
Letters from the Front - Bourne boys write home during the Boer War of 1899-1902
Letters from the Trenches - Bourne boys write home during the Great War of 1914-18
A history of the Ostler Memorial Fountain and a biography of J L Ostler (1811-1859)
Robert Arthur Gardner (1850-1926)
A history of the temperance movement in Bourne
The Wheels Restoration Project at Baldock’s Mill during 2002-03

Substantial articles on Bourne are also included in various trade
directories published over the years. These include:

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire (1876, 1885, 1900, 1905, 1913, 1922, 1933 & 1937)
White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (1842, 1856 & 1882)
Pigot's Directory for Lincolnshire (1835)

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