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A path curves past a thatched house on the right, toward distant buildings under trees beneath a bright, cloudy sky.

Bourn (MoC289/54)

Bourn data

Bourn data

A carved village sign for Bourn showing a church, windmill, airplane, manor house, and pheasant against a blue background.

Bourn Village Sign (RGL2023)

Bourn History:

https://www.bourn.org.uk/guides/history-of-bourn/


1885 Ordnance Survey map of Bourn, showing field boundaries, buildings, roads, the church, and numbered plots of land.

OS map of Bourn 1885


Mike Petty:

https://archive.org/details/BournScrapbook1897To1990


William Farrington mentions the following in his diary of 1858-1863:

1861 census: West Farm

Charles Harradine, 31, farmer of 110 acres 5 men 2 boys, b Bourn

Sarah Ann, 25, b Bourn

Charles Holben, 6 mos, b Bourn

 

1861

William Whichello, 37, master carpenter 2 men, b Bourn

Elizabeth, 37, carpenter, b Oakington

Catharine, 6, b Bourn

Elizabeth, 4, b Bourn

Charles, 1, b Bourn

 

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