Manton, North Lincolnshire

Manton

Cleatham Hall
Manton
 Manton shown within Lincolnshire
Population 123 (2011)
OS grid referenceSE932025
   – London 145 mi (233 km)  S
DistrictNorth Lincolnshire
Shire countyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Gainsborough
Postcode district DN21
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentScunthorpe
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Coordinates: 53°30′40″N 0°35′43″W / 53.511136°N 0.595155°W / 53.511136; -0.595155

Manton is a village and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 123.[1] The village is situated just south from the town of Scunthorpe, and about 6 miles (10 km) south-west from the town of Brigg. The parish includes the hamlet of Cleatham.[2] Cleatham was a civil parish between 1866 and 1936.[3]

St.Hybald's church, Manton

The parish church is a Grade II listed building dedicated to Saint Hybald. It was built of limestone in 1861 by J. M. Hooker, and Wheeler of Tunbridge Wells.[4]

The church was made redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in 1998, and it was sold for residential use in 2003.[5]

Cleatham Hall is a Grade II listed house dating from 1855 but with earlier origins.[6]

Cleatham bowl barrow is a Bronze Age scheduled monument located about 200 yards (200 m) to the east of Cleatham Hall.[7]

The last known player of the Lincolnshire bagpipes, John Hunsley, lived in Manton in the mid-1800s.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Manton". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Cleatham". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "St Hybald  (Grade II) (1346833)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Manton". Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  6. ↑ Historic England. "Cleatham House  (Grade II) (1083030)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  7. ↑ Historic England. "Cleatham Round Barrow (1007729)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  8. ↑ A commentator the 1881 Oxford Journals' Notes and queries, pp.95-96, noted that Hunsley played the pipes until shortly before his death, which occurred "between twenty and thirty years ago."

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