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Manton is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 123. The village is situated just south from the town of Scunthorpe, and about south-west from the town of Brigg. The parish includes the hamlet of Cleatham. Cleatham was a civil parish between 1866 and 1936.
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.
The church was made redundant by the
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."
''Manton''
in ''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the Port of Hull and Neighbourhood. With Map of the County.'' by E. R. Kelly, 1885 * Article on the excavation of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Cleatham, the third largest in England.
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.
The church was made redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln
The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire.
History
The diocese traces its roots in an unbroken line to the Pre-Reformation Diocese of Leices ...
in 1998, and it was sold for residential use in 2003. 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.
Cleatham Hall
Cleatham Hall is an English country house located near Manton, North Lincolnshire, Manton in Lincolnshire, England. The building is of special interest and has a Listed building#England and Wales, Grade II listing on the National Heritage List for ...
is a Grade II listed house dating from 1855 but with earlier origins.
Cleatham bowl barrow is a Bronze Age scheduled monument located about to the east of Cleatham Hall.
History
The last known player of the Lincolnshire bagpipes, John Hunsley, lived in Manton in the mid-1800s.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."
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 toElston
Elston is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, to the south-west of Newark, and a mile from the A46 Fosse Way. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 631. It lies between the rivers Trent and Devon, w ...
. His son would be Robert Darwin
Robert Waring Darwin (30 May 1766 – 13 November 1848) was an English medical doctor, who today is best known as the father of the naturalist Charles Darwin. He was a member of the influential Darwin–Wedgwood family.
Biography
Darwin was bor ...
(1682-1754), Charles Darwin's great-grandfather.
References
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 * Article on the excavation of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Cleatham, the third largest in England.
External links
* {{Authority control Civil parishes in Lincolnshire Villages in the Borough of North Lincolnshire