BOURNE BRIDGES, LINCOLNSHIRE 1832 N52o 45' 59.1" W0o 22' 33.5"
Just across from the Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul in the heart of Bourne is a small spring-fed waterway known locally as The Bourne Eau which was once in great demand for its purity. It was shipped by barrel to London in vast quantities. Two small bridges cross it to reach residences. The larger gated bridge going to an Elizabethan era house is dated 1832 and has a large M on its crown piece. It has two cast iron ribs with decorative pierced spandrels and is about 15 feet long and 7 feet wide. The smaller bridge is about 50 feet to the west and is skewed to enter the garden of another house, also with two ribs but with diminishing circles in the spandrels. It is about 12 feet long and 4 feet wide.
