Landscape History & Walks
Understanding Place, Field & Road Names in the Landscape
The article below may be helpful to those embarking on any of the walks below or who have a more general interest in local history. It gives an introduction to understanding how to interpret some of the names to be found on the walks pages or maps covering the Bourne Society area.
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Place, Field & Road Names
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Leaflets of Walks in the Local Area
The Bourne Society has over the years developed a series of walks to illustrate aspects of Local History in the Landscape within the Bourne Society area. Each of the walks below is described on a set of A4 pages, either 2 sheets or 4 sheets per walk.
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Caterham railway walk
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Godstone walk
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Sanderstead walk
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Leaflets of Local History Trails in the Area
More recently, the Bourne Society has developed some more detailed leaflets describing local history trails in the area, illustrated with numerous coloured pictures of sites of interest along the route. Each of the trails below is described on a double sided A4 sheet, which is contained within a single PDF file.
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old-coulsdon trail
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purley trail
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Smitham bottom trail
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Brett Oliver Photographs
Brett Oliver has offered the Bourne Society access to his wonderful photos of the countryside around Kenley Common, The Valley, Riddlesdown, Purley and Croydon.
To view more of Brett's photographs please click anywhere on the photograph below.
