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'''Morborne''' is a village in the north of [[Huntingdonshire]], standing to the west of [[Yaxley, Huntingdonshire|Yaxley]]. | '''Morborne''' is a village in the north of [[Huntingdonshire]], standing to the west of [[Yaxley, Huntingdonshire|Yaxley]]. | ||
| − | Morborne is a very small village occupying 1,205 acres, of which most is arable farmland. The population in 1991 was counted at 43; its | + | Morborne is a very small village occupying 1,205 acres, of which most is arable farmland. The population in 1991 was counted at 43; its peak population was 122 souls in 1851.<ref>{{cite web|title=UK & Ireland Genealogy - Morborne|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/Morborne/}}</ref> |
Local sights include Manor Farm, which opens annually each Spring for "Lambing Sunday"<ref>{{cite news|title=Farm open for Lambing Sunday|url=http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment_2_17112/farm_open_for_lambing_sunday_1_125975|newspaper=Peterborough Evening Telegraph|date=27 February 2009}}</ref>, and the Church of All Saints.<ref>{{cite web|title=Church of All Saints, Morborne|url=http://www.robschurches.moonfruit.com/#/morborne/4531428417|work=Parish Churches In And Around Peterborough}}</ref> | Local sights include Manor Farm, which opens annually each Spring for "Lambing Sunday"<ref>{{cite news|title=Farm open for Lambing Sunday|url=http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment_2_17112/farm_open_for_lambing_sunday_1_125975|newspaper=Peterborough Evening Telegraph|date=27 February 2009}}</ref>, and the Church of All Saints.<ref>{{cite web|title=Church of All Saints, Morborne|url=http://www.robschurches.moonfruit.com/#/morborne/4531428417|work=Parish Churches In And Around Peterborough}}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:30, 10 December 2015
| Morborne | |
| Huntingdonshire | |
|---|---|
 All Saints, Morbourne | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL143905 |
| Location: | 52°30’0"N, 0°19’1"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 43 (1991) |
| Post town: | Peterborough |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Huntingdonshire |
Morborne is a village in the north of Huntingdonshire, standing to the west of Yaxley.
Morborne is a very small village occupying 1,205 acres, of which most is arable farmland. The population in 1991 was counted at 43; its peak population was 122 souls in 1851.[1]
Local sights include Manor Farm, which opens annually each Spring for "Lambing Sunday"[2], and the Church of All Saints.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Morborne) |
References
- ↑ "UK & Ireland Genealogy - Morborne". http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HUN/Morborne/.
- ↑ "Farm open for Lambing Sunday". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 27 February 2009. http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment_2_17112/farm_open_for_lambing_sunday_1_125975.
- ↑ "Church of All Saints, Morborne". Parish Churches In And Around Peterborough. http://www.robschurches.moonfruit.com/#/morborne/4531428417.
