Manton

The Brigg Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section.

• The parish was in the Brigg sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
   
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Hibald (Hibbald or Hybald).
   
• The church was entirely rebuilt in 1861 in the Early Decorated style to replace an older, deteriorating structure.
   
• The east window in the church was placed in 1861 in memory of George and Sarah MAW.
   
• The church is a Grade II listed building with British Heritage.
   
• The church seated 160.
   
• St. Hibald was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in November, 1998. The building was sold in July, 2003, for residential use.
   
• There is a photograph of St. Hibald's church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
   
• Here is a photo of St. Hibald's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):

• The original Anglican parish register was lost in 1899, but it had started in 1678.
   
• The Bishop's Transcripts for 1599 - 1872 can be viewed at the Family History Centre on microfilm.
   
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Yarborough Deanery to make your search easier.
   
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.

• The parish was in the Brigg sub-district of the Glanford Brigg Registration District.
   
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.

Manton is both a village and parish in the north of Lincolnshire. The parish lies just south of Scunthorpe and 6 miles south-west of Brigg. Hibaldstow parish lies to the east. The parish covers over 4,600 acres and includes the townships of Cleatham and Twigmoor.

There are fine views from around the church over the countryside. Two miles north of Manton are the Twigmore Woods. If you are planning a visit:

• Birdwatching is a popular pastime in the area west of the village.
   
• Visit our touring page for more sources.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Manton to another place.

• Just east of the village is the site of an ancient encampment where coins, spears and other relics have been found.
   
• This parish was a nesting site for thousands of migratory plovers. Their eggs were harvested and sold in London where they were highly esteemed.

• Twigmore Hall was the home of John WRIGHT (1568-1605), one of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot.
   
• Cleatham Hall is a Doric-style mansion, rebuilt in 1855. In 1881 through 1896 it was occupied by Matthew MAW, lord of the manor.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE935026 (Lat/Lon: 53.511428, -0.591974), Manton which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• The name Manton is from the Old English Malm+tun, or "farmstead on sandy ground". In the 1086 Domesday Book, the village is given as Malmetune.
  [A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991].

• In White's 1842 Directory of Lincolnshire, the following names are listed as being in the parish:

Rev. John BIRD, Thomas FOX, John HILL, John HOLT, George HUNSLEY and John HUNSLEY, William KIRK, Matthew MAW, Mrs. Sarah MAW, Edward NEWHAM, William RICHARDSON, and Edmund TICKLER.

• This place was an ancient parish in Lincolnshire, and became a modern Civil Parish when those were establishd.
   
• The parish was in the east division of the ancient Manley Wapentake in the Glanford district in the parts of Lindsey.
   
• For today's district governance, see the North Lincolnshire Council website.

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Winterton (Scunthorpe) petty session hearings each Wednesday.
   
• Prior to 1806 a large portion of the parish was moory common land of sandy soil and peaty soil abounding in rabbits and a migratory stop for many birds. In that year the land was enclosed and 120 acres set aside for the poor.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became part of the Glanford Brigg Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	95
1831	150
1851	198
1871	327
1881	310
1891	237
1911	122
2001	113

• A National School for 70 children was built here around 1857.
   
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.