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Morborne, Huntingdonshire

Morborne (or Morborn), Huntingdonshire (now in Cambridgeshire), SW of Peterborough (see map).
Seat of Forest or Forrest from before 1528 until 1620.

Miles Forest settled here by 1528.
He was granted the manor and lordship of Morborne in 1540.
Sir Anthony Forrest mortgaged the manor of Morborne in 1620 to Sir Robert Beville of Chesterton.
Forrest never regained the manor.
Beville sold it in 1660.

The Manor Farm house S of the church is the (site of the) Forrest seat.
Above the doorway of the current house are the arms of Forrest of Morborne with the initials "A.F." for Sir Anthony Forrest, but the "A" is broken and resembles a "P".
The current house is late 17th century. Below the doorway is a stone with date 1692.
There are remains of a moat, which probably surrounded the earlier manor house.

Morborne.
From OS map. Surveyed: 1885 to 1887. Published: 1887.
See modern satellite view.

Morborne church and manor farm on modern 3D view.
The Manor Farm was the Forrest seat.
The current house is 17th century.
See modern satellite view and street view of entrance.

All Saints Church, Morborne.
Photo 2007. From Geograph.
See street view.
[VCH] says there are no Forrest tombs.

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References

• A History of the County of Huntingdon: Volume 3 (VCH).
  • Morborne on pp.188-190.
  • Stilton on pp.222-227.
  • Ogerston under Washingley on pp.227-229.

• An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire (RCHME).
  • Morborne on pp.184-186.

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• Morborne genealogy
• Huntingdonshire Parish Records