Manton, Lincolnshire

Manton
Manton
	Cleatham Hall
	Manton Location within Lincolnshire
Population	123 (2011)
OS grid reference	SE932025
• London	145 mi (233 km) S
Civil parish	Manton;
Unitary authority	North Lincolnshire;
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Gainsborough
Postcode district	DN21
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Scunthorpe;
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Manton is a village and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district, in the ceremonial county 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]

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Geography

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] Its parson from 1568 was John Robotham, who was accused of missing evening prayers and even Easter communion in order to play bowls. He had a number of legal battles with parishioners, some of whom he served a summons on during church services.^[6]

Cleatham Hall is a Grade II listed house dating from 1855 but with earlier origins.^[7]

Cleatham bowl barrow is a Bronze Age scheduled monument located about 200 yards (200 m) to the east of Cleatham Hall.^[8]

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History

The last known player of the Lincolnshire bagpipes, John Hunsley, lived in Manton in the mid-1800s.^[9]

Darwin family

William Darwin (1655-1682, Charles Darwin's great-great grandfather) was from Cleatham and married Anne Waring (1664-1722) of Elston in 1680, and moved to Elston. His son would be Robert Darwin (1682-1754), Charles Darwin's great-grandfather.

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.
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Historic England. "St Hybald (Grade II) (1346833)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
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"Manton". Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
[6]
Judith Maltby, Prayer Book and People, p.70
[7]
Historic England. "Cleatham House (Grade II) (1083030)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
[8]
Historic England. "Cleatham Round Barrow (1007729)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
[9]
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."