Charles Richard SharpeVC (2 April 1889 – 18 February 1963) was an English recipient of the Victoria
Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the
face of the enemy that can be awarded to Britishand Commonwealth forces
Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the
face of the enemy that can be awarded to Britishand Commonwealth forces
Raymond Mays (1899 – 1980), son of a local businessman, achieved fame in the
world of international motoracing, both on and off the track. After a successful career as a
driver, he opened workshops in Bourne where he developed first the ERA, a design
that saw much success in prewar racing, then the BRM, the revolutionary car that eventually won the world
championship in 1962. Mays, who lived at Eastgate House in Bourne all his life,
was honoured with a CBE in 1978 for his services to motor racing.
world of international motoracing, both on and off the track. After a successful career as a
driver, he opened workshops in Bourne where he developed first the ERA, a design
that saw much success in prewar racing, then the BRM, the revolutionary car that eventually won the world
championship in 1962. Mays, who lived at Eastgate House in Bourne all his life,
was honoured with a CBE in 1978 for his services to motor racing.
William Cecil (1520 – 1598) became the first Lord Burghley after serving Queen
Elizabeth I for forty years, during which time he was the main architect of
Britain's successful policies of that period, earning a reputation as a master
of renaissance statecraft with outstanding talents as a diplomat, politician and
administrator. He was born at a house in the centre of Bourne in the now
Burghley Arms
Jon Hartop (1550 – 1595) was a farmer's boy working on the land near
Bourne but hankered after a life of adventure and ran away to sea when he was twelve years old. After a short apprenticeship with a gunpowder manufacturer in London, he signed on with the English admiral SirJohn Hawkins and sailed the Spanish Main in the company of the young Francis Drake. He was captured by the Spanish on his third voyage and spent ten years as a galley slave and thirteen years in a Spanish prison but managed to escape and make his way back to Bourne where he spent his final days recounting his adventures in the town's taverns, he died at the age of only 45.
Robert Harrington (philanthropist) (1589 – 1654) made large bequests to Bourne from which the
community benefits to this day. Legend has it that he walked to London to seek his fortune and was most successful in his endeavours and when he died, he remembered his home town by leaving shops and dwelling houses in the Leytonstone area "for the benefit of his own people", namely the citizens of Bourne. The charity established in his name is currently administered by Bourne United Charities, Harrington Street was named in his memory.
Charles Frederick Worth (1825 –1895) was born in this town, the son of a local solicitor who lived at Wake House in North Street which survives today as a community centre. He left Bourne when still a boy to seek his fortune in Paris where he became a world-renowned designer of women's fashion and the founder of haute couture. His reputation was such that the French government awarded him the Legion
of Honour and when he died, 2,000 people, including the President of the Republic, attended his funeral.
Frederic Manning (1882 – 1935) wrote what is considered to be one of the finest novels dealing with World War I of 1914–18 and much of this work was completed while staying at the Bull Hotel in Bourne, now the Burghley Arms. Manning was an Australian who chose to live here after a spell at Edenham where he stayed with the vicar, the Rev Arthur Galton, who had been his tutor. Her Privates We (Hogarth Press, ISBN 0-7012-0702-7) was at first published anonymously, to much critical acclaim, but eight years after his death, it was published in 1943 under his own name and
is still in print almost 70 years later. In the book, Manning acknowledged his affection for this town by calling his hero Private Bourne.
Lilian Wyles (1885 – 1975) was a major influence in the acceptance of women into the police force. She was the only daughter of the Bourne brewer, Joseph Wyles, and after a spell of duty on the streets of London with the new women patrols to assist young girls at risk, was promoted
inspector in 1922, becoming the first woman officer of the Metropolita Police's CID.
Bourne but hankered after a life of adventure and ran away to sea when he was twelve years old. After a short apprenticeship with a gunpowder manufacturer in London, he signed on with the English admiral SirJohn Hawkins and sailed the Spanish Main in the company of the young Francis Drake. He was captured by the Spanish on his third voyage and spent ten years as a galley slave and thirteen years in a Spanish prison but managed to escape and make his way back to Bourne where he spent his final days recounting his adventures in the town's taverns, he died at the age of only 45.
Robert Harrington (philanthropist) (1589 – 1654) made large bequests to Bourne from which the
community benefits to this day. Legend has it that he walked to London to seek his fortune and was most successful in his endeavours and when he died, he remembered his home town by leaving shops and dwelling houses in the Leytonstone area "for the benefit of his own people", namely the citizens of Bourne. The charity established in his name is currently administered by Bourne United Charities, Harrington Street was named in his memory.
Charles Frederick Worth (1825 –1895) was born in this town, the son of a local solicitor who lived at Wake House in North Street which survives today as a community centre. He left Bourne when still a boy to seek his fortune in Paris where he became a world-renowned designer of women's fashion and the founder of haute couture. His reputation was such that the French government awarded him the Legion
of Honour and when he died, 2,000 people, including the President of the Republic, attended his funeral.
Frederic Manning (1882 – 1935) wrote what is considered to be one of the finest novels dealing with World War I of 1914–18 and much of this work was completed while staying at the Bull Hotel in Bourne, now the Burghley Arms. Manning was an Australian who chose to live here after a spell at Edenham where he stayed with the vicar, the Rev Arthur Galton, who had been his tutor. Her Privates We (Hogarth Press, ISBN 0-7012-0702-7) was at first published anonymously, to much critical acclaim, but eight years after his death, it was published in 1943 under his own name and
is still in print almost 70 years later. In the book, Manning acknowledged his affection for this town by calling his hero Private Bourne.
Lilian Wyles (1885 – 1975) was a major influence in the acceptance of women into the police force. She was the only daughter of the Bourne brewer, Joseph Wyles, and after a spell of duty on the streets of London with the new women patrols to assist young girls at risk, was promoted
inspector in 1922, becoming the first woman officer of the Metropolita Police's CID.
John 'Judd' Havercroft
Isle of Man TT racer during the 70's & 80's, picture shows 'Judd' leaning out of the sidecare, he also was a well known racer around the circuits of the UK and hung about with the likes of Mike Hailwood and Barry Sheen. Judd is very modest about his achievments and is still a well known character around Bourne today.
Isle of Man TT racer during the 70's & 80's, picture shows 'Judd' leaning out of the sidecare, he also was a well known racer around the circuits of the UK and hung about with the likes of Mike Hailwood and Barry Sheen. Judd is very modest about his achievments and is still a well known character around Bourne today.
