Bourne United Charities

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bourne United Charities is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Its purpose is the joint administration of several legacies dedicated for the relief of poverty, the provision of housing and accommodation and environmental, conservation or heritage objectives in the Parish of Bourne. The nine principal endowments are:

John Brown

William Fisher for Almshouses

William Fisher for Bread

Robert Harrington

Jeremiah Ives

North Fen Poor's Land

South Fen Poor's Land

Nicholas Rand

William Trollope

[edit] External links

• - A brief description

• - Bourne United Charities' Return lodged with the Charities Commission

• - A brief survey of the Bourne charities as they developed from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century.