Bourne United Charities is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Its purpose is the joint administration of several legacies dedicated for the relief of poverty, the provision of housing and accommodation and environmental, conservation or heritage objectives in the Parish of Bourne

Bourne, Lincolnshire

Bourne is a market town and civil parish on the western edge of the Fens, in the District of South Kesteven in southern Lincolnshire, England.-The town:...

. The nine principal endowments are:

1. John Brown
2. William Fisher for Almshouses
3. William Fisher for Bread
4. Robert Harrington
5. Jeremiah Ives
6. North Fen Poor's Land
7. South Fen Poor's Land
8. Nicholas Rand
9. William Trollope

Principal Assets

Bourne United Charities owns Abbey Lawn

Abbey Lawn

The Abbey Lawn in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, is a centrally-located space used as the principal recreation ground in the town. The cricket, tennis, bowls, pétanque, and football clubs play their home fixtures here. The hockey club practices here, though it now plays its fixtures on an...

, a recreation ground in the centre of Bourne, along with the Wellhead Park, which is a public park. The Charities own and administer almshouse

Almshouse

Almshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people to live in a particular community...

s in West Street in the town. It also owns a number of investment properties in the town and elsewhere, principally in Leytonstone

Leytonstone

Leytonstone is an area of east London and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is a high density suburban area, located seven miles north east of Charing Cross in the ceremonial county of Greater London and the historic county of Essex...

 in the London

London

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 Borough of Waltham Forest

London Borough of Waltham Forest

The London Borough of Waltham Forest is in northeast London, England. Officially, it forms part of Outer London as it borders Essex. However, it can be seen that the NE London boundary does not extend far compared to elsewhere in the city...

. In Bourne, their principal property is the Red Hall, where they have their office, and they also own Baldock's Mill, home of the Bourne Civic Society

Bourne Civic Society

Bourne Civic Society is a voluntary organization concerned with the development of the town and community of Bourne, Lincolnshire, England.It was founded in 1977 at a time of a rapid expansion of the town...

.

Activities

Bourne United Charities is administered by fifteen Trustees and a clerk, five of the trustees being nominated by the Town Council.

BUC manage the 12 almshouses they built in West Road, and a plot of 13 gardening allotments at the corner of Meadow Drove and Spalding Road. They own and manage the Wellhead park and the Abbey Lawn sports field in the centre of town.

Bourne United Charities own the Wellhead Cottage, which is occupied by the park manager, and several other restored buildings that are used by community organisations. These include the Shippon Barn on the edge of the Wellhead Gardens, used by the Scouts and the Guides, and the early 19th century Baldock's Mill in South Street that is now operated as a museum by the Civic Society.

External links

• A brief description
• A brief survey of the Bourne charities as they developed from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century.
• Bourne United Charities