Moreton Morrell
Moreton Morrell is a village and civil parish in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is part of the historic hundred of Kington and is located about three and a half miles north west of the village of Kineton.
Moreton Morrell is an ancient settlement, mentioned in the Domesday Book as Moreton. From at least Norman times, it has consisted of the village of Moreton and the hamlet of Morrell.
The parish of Moreton Morrell is bounded on the east and south east by the Fosse Way, and consists of Little Morrell in the north, the village of Moreton Morrell, and Moreton Paddox in the south.
The population in 1801 was less than 200 and very similar to that cited in the Domesday Book in 1086. It had doubled by 1961 and by 2001 it had doubled again to 800.
There is one pub in Moreton Morrell, The Black Horse, previously known as The Sea Horse. It is a free house.
Amy Robsart, wife of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester often visited the village[1]. Also Thomas Jefferson's great grandfather William Randolph was born in the village in 1650 before moving to America at the age of 22.[2]
Moreton Morrell is also the home of the Moreton Morrell Centre, an agricultural training centre which is part of Warwickshire College.
Charles Tuller Garland, a son of a rich New York banker, bought land in Moreton Morrell in 1903 on which he began to build Moreton Hall. It was completed in 1909. The house was eventually turned into the Warwickshire Institute of Agriculture in 1948 and is now part of the Warwickshire College. It was completely gutted by fire in 2008.
Moreton Paddox is built on the site of a large house of that name built at the beginning of the 20th century for Charles Garland’s sister. Nowadays, Moreton Paddox incorporates some of the original ancillary buildings and garden of the hall. The farmhouse and barns which were present before Moreton Paddox have been converted into homes.
Charles Garland was also the founder of the Real Tennis Club in Moreton Morrell in 1905. This was the venue for the Real Tennis World Championships in 2005.
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