Bowburn Local History
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Bowburn History – Welcome to our site!
About Bowburn
Bowburn Colliery (1906-1967)
1911 – Bowburn Colliery’s first families
Early coal mining in the Bowburn area
Early descriptions of the area
Local censuses etc.
Some noteworthy people
To those who fell in war…
Bowburn Banner Group
Bowburn Cemetery
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To those who fell in war…
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Poppy project
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Commemorative poppies being installed
On 20th October 2015, and during the following week, poppies were placed on those houses that are still standing that were once the homes of men who lost their lives in World War I.