Bourne Paddock was a cricket ground at Bourne Park House, the seat of Sir Horatio Mann, at Bishopsbourne around 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Canterbury in the English county of Kent. It was a venue for first-class cricket matches from 1766 to 1790.
The ground was within the grounds of Bourne Park House. Archaeological surveys have shown that it was built on an area which was settled during the Iron Age and Roman periods.[1][2] A modern cricket pavilion and a large iron roller used to roll the cricket pitch remain at the site, but the ground is no longer in use.[3]
- ^ Wallace L et al. (2014) Archaeological Investigations of a Major Building, probably Roman, and related landscape features at Bourne Park, Bishopsbourne, 2011–12, Archaeologia Cantiana, Vol. 134, pp.187–203. (Available online. Retrieved 2017-12-17).
- ^ Wallace L, Johnson P, Strutt K (2013) Bourne Park (Bishopsbourne) Geophysical Survey 2012 Results, Cambridge University. (Available online. Retrieved 2017-12-17).
- ^ Johnson P, Wallace L (2012) Bourne Park (Bishopsbourne) Geophysical Survey 2011 Results, Cambridge University. (Available online. Retrieved 2017-12-17).