Manton, North Lincolnshire
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| Population | 123 (2011) |
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| OS grid reference | SE932025 |
| – London | 145 mi (233 km) S |
| District | North Lincolnshire |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Gainsborough |
| Postcode district | DN21 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Scunthorpe |
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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]
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 Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). 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
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- ↑ 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."
Further reading
- Manton in Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the Port of Hull and Neighbourhood. With Map of the County. by E. R. Kelly, 1885
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Article on the excavation of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Cleatham, the third largest in England.
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
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