Manston is a suburb and former village to the east of

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, situated east of

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parliamentary constituency, the area is east of the A6120 Outer Ring Road, and sits between Barwick Road to the north and Austhorpe Road to the south.www.leeds.gov.uk
East Leeds Extension Indicative Plan''AZ Leeds and Bradford Street Atlas'', Geographer's A-Z Map Company, London, 1993 It is named after the former Manston Hall on Manston Lane and the surrounding estate, owned by the Gascoigne family.Leodis
Aerial View, Manston, showing Royal Ordnance Factory Barnbow Many streets in the area are named after the estate, including Manston Crescent and Manston Grove. Manston is also home to Manston Park, a

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, and a pub named after the area, The Barnbow (formerly The Manston Hotel) to the east of the park. The local Parish Church and a local

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, Manston St James Primary Academy, are named after St

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. Now a scheduled monument, a memorial to those killed in a 5 December 1916 explosion at the munitions factory is situated in Manston Park.BBC News 10 October 2016
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bus factory in Manston Image:The Manston - geograph.org.uk - 356408.jpg, The Manston public house, now called The Barnbow

References

External links

The Ancient Parish of Whitkirk
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