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Great Northern Gardens, BOURNE, PE10 9EH

The railway station at Bourne became redundant in 1965 after passenger and freight services ended. The platforms were demolished and the remaining red brick station buildings became part of the central depot and offices of Wherry and Sons Ltd., the agricultural merchants who have been associated with the town since the early 19th century. See also Image

The last of the red brick station buildings which had been used as a depot by a local firm of agricultural merchants were finally demolished in the spring of 2005, thus ending the railway age in Bourne which had begun in 1860. The site was cleared within a few days and has now been occupied by a new housing estate. See Image

Built by Gilbert Fisher about 1605. Now owned by, and headquarters of Bourne United Charities

View southward, towards Castle Bytham and Melton Mowbray, also Essendine. This had been a thriving junction of the M&GN (Melton Mowbray)- Castle Bytham - Bourne - Spalding etc. line with the ex-GNR branches from Sleaford and from Essendine. The station looked intact when photographed in 1961, but it had closed to passengers on 2/3/59, when the M&GN system was closed wholesale, but remained open for goods until 5/4/65 when the line from Essendine was finally closed (passenger services had ceased 18/6/51). The line from Sleaford had lost its passenger service on 22/9/30, goods in 6/64. The ancient Red Hall, dating back to 1605, had been acquired by the Bourne & Essendine Railway in 1860 and was used as the Stationmaster's house. After closure of the station it was bought by the Bourne United Charities in 1962.

Opened in 1860 as the terminus of the Essendine & Bourne Railway, this station was rebuilt as a through station in 1866 as lines progressively joined from four directions. The final one made it part of the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway from Leicester to Norfolk. It closed to passengers in 1959 and completely in 1965. View south past Red Hall (which was made into part of the station) towards the platforms which ran left to right behind the hall. Taken from roughly the same position as Image] 51 years earlier.

View southwards, towards Essendine and Castle Bytham, showing the abandoned engine shed in the background. For further details, see Image

Early 17th Century mansion http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/redhall.htm in Bourne

Grade II* listed house built c1605 for wealthy businessman Gilbert Fisher. It passed through several owners, including the Digby family between 1698 and 1860 when it was bought by the Bourne and Essendine Railway Company, serving as the Stationmaster's House and ticket office http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1861030 until 1962.

The Red Hall was built in 1605, served duty as the town's railway station (see Image) and is now the headquarters of Bourne United Charities. It is seen here as one of the hosts of the 2016 Classic Car show

See Image and Image for more about the Red Hall This year the Red Hall gardens were playing host to many of the exhibits at the Classic Car show, because the normal venue on the Wellhead field was too soft after weeks of rain and a rock-and-beer festival the previous weekend.