Northborough Manor

History of Northborough Manor

Listed Building:

Built 1330-40 by the de-la-Mare family. The Manor was sold to James Claypole in 1565. His son who succeeded him was knighted and died in 1630. It retained in the Claypole family until it was sold in 1681 to Lord Fitzwilliam. Reputedly visited by Oliver Cromwell whose daughter Elizabeth married John Claypole. A hall and gatehouse survive from what must have been a medieval manor house, with early C17 alterations.

The house was adapted during the English Civil War to defend the road from Peterborough towards Lincoln.

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1126697?section=official-listing

Mike Osborne describes the property in Defending Cambridge p.45 & 67.