Morborne is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England.[1] Morborne lies approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Peterborough, near Yaxley. Morborne is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. Morborne is a very small village occupying 1205 acres, of which most is arable farmland. The population in 1991 was 43, down from a peak of 122 people in 1851.[2] Local landmarks include Manor Farm, which opens annually each Spring for "Lambing Sunday",[3] and the Church of All Saints.[4] All Saints' is a Grade I listed building.[5]
The population at the 2011 Census remained less than 100 and was included in the civil parish of Folksworth and Washingley.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 142 Peterborough (Market Deeping & Chatteris) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229248.
- ^ "UK & Ireland Genealogy – Morborne".
- ^ "Farm open for Lambing Sunday". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 27 February 2009.
- ^ "Church of All Saints, Morborne". Parish Churches in And Around Peterborough.
- ^ Historic England. "Parish Church of All Saints (Grade I) (1222032)". National Heritage List for England.