Bourne Abbey and the Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul is a scheduled Grade I church in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. The building remains in parochial use, despite the 16th-century Dissolution, as the nave was used by the parish, probably from the time of the foundation of the abbey in 1138.
Bourne Abbey
The nave of Bourne Abbey today. The two nave arcades are consistent with a building date of around 1138 as are the responds from the chancel screen, visible at the entrance to the chancel. The repaired scars from the removal of the pulpitum can be seen below them. In the building there are stones carved into the form of arches of a style consistent with the later 12th century. These are likely to be from the eastern side of this pulpitum screen, which would have obscured the view of the chancel while allowing sounds out from it.
Bourne is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the eastern slopes of the limestone Kesteven Uplands and the western edge of the Fens, 11 miles (18 km) north-east of Stamford, 12 miles (19 km) west of Spalding and 17 miles (27 km) north of Peterborough. The population at the 2011 census was 14,456. A 2019 estimate put it at 16,780.
Bourne town centre
Baldock's Mill heritage centre
Toft Tunnel
St. Peters' Pool, Wellhead Gardens. The pool referred to in the town's founding legend
