Meanings
- obsoleteObsolete form of Eastbourne.
The Britiſh Coaſt about Eaſt Bourne is the neareſt of any to the Mouth of the Seine: […]
1720, Philosophical Transactions. Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies and Labours of the Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, volume XXX (For the Years 1717. 1718. 1719.), London: […] W. and J. Innys, […], page 8003 more examples
“I am not going to run away, Papa,” said Kitty, fretfully; “if I should ever go to Brighton, I would behave better than Lydia.” “You go to Brighton!—I would not trust you so near it as East Bourne, for fifty pounds![…]”
1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 124On the Sussex coast, midway between Brighton and Hastings, and at the south-eastern extremity of the chain of hills, so well and so favorably known as the South Downs, is situate East Bourne—a watering-place of no mean repute.
[1851], The Guide to East Bourne and Its Environs. […], East Bourne: […] E. M. E. & G. Hopkins, […], page 5Before the coming of the railway East Bourne, as it was then styled, was a small village engaged in sheep farming and some agriculture and fishing; […].
1949 September and October, “Notes and News: The Eastbourne Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 340
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