Manton, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Manton, a village, a township, and a parish in Lincolnshire. The township lies near Ermine Street, 2 miles N of Kirton-in-Lindsey station on the M.S. & L.R., and 6 SW of Glanford Brigg. It has a post office under Kirton-in-Lindsey (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Kirton-in-Lindsey. Acreage, 2176; population, 76. The parish contains also the townships of Cleatham and Twigmore, and comprises 4514 acres; population, 237. The manor of Manton belongs to the Dalison family, and that of Cleat-ham, with Cleatham Hall, to the Maw family. Traces of an ancient camp, where spears, coins, and other relics have been found, are between Manton and Scawby. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £159 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1861, and is a building chiefly of blue lias limestone in the Early Decorated style.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Manton St. Hibald | |
Poor Law union | Glandford-Brigg | |
Wapentake | Corringham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Manton:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1813-1905 | 1761-1764 | 1755-1811 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Manton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Manton (St. Hibald))
Maps
Online maps of Manton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online: