Bourne Woods

This article is about the woods near Bourne in Lincolnshire. For the woods near Farnham in Surrey, see Bourne Wood.

Path in Bourne Woods

Bourne Woods are situated near Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, and includes Bourne Wood and Fox Wood.

Bourne Wood (National Grid reference TF0821; Co-ordinates: O°24'W, 52°46'N) and Fox Wood are owned by The Forestry Commission and managed by Forest Enterprise (England) as part of Kesteven Forest.

References

Web

• A history of the Forestry Commission Archived 17 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, owner of Bourne Wood but not of those nearby (except Fox Wood).
• A history of British forestry.
• Wildlife in Bourne Wood.
• Dole Wood, Thurlby.

Paper

• Ordnance Survey 1:25 000 First Series, Sheet TF02 (Edenham). 1955.
• Institute of Geological Sciences. One-Inch Series, Sheet 143 Drift Edition (Bourne). 1967.
• Morgan, P. & Thorn, C. ed. Domesday Book, volume 31, Lincolnshire Parts one and two. Phillimore, Chichester. 1986. ISBN 0-85033-598-1 or ISBN 0-85033-599-X.
• Bevis, T. ed. Hereward and De Gestis Herwardi Saxonis. In English with commentary. Westrydale Press. 1981. ISBN 0-901680-28-1. (The Peterborough Hereward Story: original text directly translated.)
• Platts, G. Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire. Chapter 4. History of Lincolnshire Vol. 4. History of Lincolnshire Committee, Lincoln. 1985. ISBN 0-902668-03-X. (Medieval agriculture and forestry in a parish near Bourne.)
• Benn, D. I. and Evans, D. J. A. Glaciers and Glaciation. Arnold. London. 1998. ISBN 0-340-65303-5 or ISBN 0-340-58431-9. Paragraph 3.2.4.4. (Proglacial Lakes)
• Venables, E. Bourne, its Castle and its Abbey. Lincs & Notts Architectural and Archaeological Society. Vol. XX, 1889. Cited by Birkbeck, J. D. in A History of Bourne. Lanes. Bourne. 1970. (Endowment of Bourne Abbey)
• Backhouse, J. The Luttrell Psalter. The British Library. 1989. ISBN 0-7123-0176-3. (depictions of C14 field work.)
• Field, J. Learning Through Labour: Training, unemployment and the state, 1890–1939, University of Leeds. 1992. ISBN 0-900960-48-5 (work camps)
• (FNQ), Miller, S. H. transcriber, and Sweeting, W. D. translator, The Exploits of Hereward the Saxon, a serial supplement in Fenland Notes and Queries (1895–97)

External links

• Friends of Bourne Wood. Detailed maps, walks and history of Bourne Wood.