Moresby Hall

Moresby Hall is a former manor house and hotel in Parton, Cumbria, overlooking the Cumbrian Fells. The hall is located south of Lowca, off the A595 on the A66-595, 2 miles north of Whitehaven and 12 miles south-west of Cockermouth. Inhabited by nobles since the 12th century, it is a Grade I listed building and has been cited by English Heritage as being one of the most important buildings in Cumbria. Moresby Hall adjoins a church and graveyard dating back to the 16th century. HistoryThe name derives from the original builder named Morisceby, Mawriceby or Moricebi as early as 1150, when the Rosmerta Cottage was built using a spiral stone staircase believed to be from an original stone pele tower that preceded the property. The adjacent church site nearby was once a Roman fort. The graveyard of the church contains many of the people who lived and died at Moresby Hall and the hamlet of Low Moresby. The wealthy Moresby family owned the estate for centuries during medieval times and had contacts with English royalty. Christopher de Moresby fought in the Battle of Agincourt and was knighted by King Henry, and Anne, his great-granddaughter, who was sole heiress of the estate saw her fiance Sir Francis Weston executed by King Henry VIII along with Queen Anne Boleyn.

Moresby Hall is a former manor house and hotel in Parton, Cumbria, overlooking the Cumbrian Fells. The hall is located south of Lowca, off the A595 on the A66-595, 2 miles north of Whitehaven and 12 miles south-west of Cockermouth. Inhabited by nobles since the 12th century, it is a Grade I listed building and has been cited by English Heritage as being one of the most important buildings in Cumbria. Moresby Hall adjoins a church and graveyard dating back to the 16th century. HistoryThe name derives from the original builder named Morisceby, Mawriceby or Moricebi as early as 1150, when the Rosmerta Cottage was built using a spiral stone staircase believed to be from an original stone pele tower that preceded the property. The adjacent church site nearby was once a Roman fort. The graveyard of the church contains many of the people who lived and died at Moresby Hall and the hamlet of Low Moresby. The wealthy Moresby family owned the estate for centuries during medieval times and had contacts with English royalty. Christopher de Moresby fought in the Battle of Agincourt and was knighted by King Henry, and Anne, his great-granddaughter, who was sole heiress of the estate saw her fiance Sir Francis Weston executed by King Henry VIII along with Queen Anne Boleyn.