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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 333 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOURNE (
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southern
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form of
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burn,
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Teutonic
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born,
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bran, burna)  , an intermittent stream frequent in
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chalk and
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limestone
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country where the
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rock becomes saturated with
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winter
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rain, that slowly drains away until the rock becomes dry, when the stream ceases . A heavy rainfall will cause streams to run in winter from the saturated
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soil . These are the winter bournes that have given name to several settlements upon
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Salisbury
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Plain, such as Winterbourne
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Gunning . The "
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bourne " may also be a permanent "
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burn," but the word is usually applied to an intermittent stream .

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