River Bourne, Kent
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The River Bourne rises in the parish of Ightham, Kent and flows in a generally south easterly direction through the parishes of Borough Green, Platt, Plaxtol, West Peckham, Hadlow, and East Peckham where it joins the River Medway. In the 18th century the river was known as the Busty or Buster, the Shode or Sheet, but is not known by these names nowadays. A bourne is a type of stream, while shode means a branch of a river.
The River Bourne enters the Medway
The river emerges from a culvert, and flows along Busty Lane, Ightham.
Basted Mill Pond
Site of John's Mill
Borough Green
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Borough Green is situated in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. The central area is situated on the A25 road between Maidstone and Sevenoaks, with the M26 motorway running through the centre dividing Wrotham and Borough Green.
Borough Green & Wrotham railway station
The Red Lion, once the White Bear, dates back to 1576. This front section is 19th Century. It closed in 2007 and the building and its garden and car park were later transformed into housing - Red Lion Square.
Bridge House, later Clokes department store, was built circa 1887/1889 by Joseph Walls, whose firm bought most of Yew Tree Farm. There is currently one of Borough Green's two pubs and a takeaway (presently closed) on the site.
Church of the Good Shepherd, consecrated in 1906