The name
The Doomsday Book records Manton with the spelling of Mameltune. Over the centuries various other spellings of the name appear including Malmetuna, Maunton and Mawton. Translated the villages name means 'farmstead on sandy or chalky ground'.
More information can be found in:
- Eminson T.B.F. Place and River Names of the West Riding of Lindsey Lincolnshire.
- Mills, A.D. A Dictionary of English Place Names.
The place
Manton is a small-secluded hamlet overlooking the steel works in Scunthorpe. Its population peaked in 1871 when 327 people were recorded in the census. Since however the figure has steadily decreased with only 124 people recorded resident in 1991.
Just to the north of Manton are Twigmoor Woods and old Twigmoor Hall. The Hall was home to John 'Jack' Wright who was one of Guy Fawkes fellow conspirators in the GunPowder Plot. Local legend has it that much of the plot was in fact hatched at the Hall. A musket shot from one of Sir Richard Walsh's men while trying to evade capture after the plot had been discovered mortally wounded Wright.
Population history
| Year |
Population |
|
1801 |
95 |
|
1811 |
137 |
|
1821 |
198 |
|
1831 |
150 |
|
1841 |
182 |
|
1851 |
198 |
|
1861 |
281 |
|
1871 |
327 |
|
1881 |
309 |
|
1891 |
237 |
|
1901 |
235 |
|
1911 |
122 |
|
1921 |
103 |
|
1931 |
207 |
|
1941 |
N/A |
|
1951 |
155 |
|
1961 |
105 |
|
1971 |
102 |
|
1981 |
92 |
|
1991 |
124 |
Entry from Kelly's Trade Directory for 1900
Manton is a parish, township and village, 2.5 miles north from Kirton-in-Lindsey station on the main line of the Grimsby and Cleethorpes section of the Great Central railway, and 6 south-west-by-west from Brigg, in the North Lindsey division of the county, parts of Lindsey, east division of the wapentake of Manley, Glanford Brigg union, Winterton petty sessional division, Brigg county court district, rural deanery of Corringham, archdeaconry of Stow and diocese of Lincoln. The church of St. Hibald, entirely rebuilt in 1861, in the Early Decorated style, under the direction of Messrs Hooker and Wheeler, architects, is an edifice of blue lias limestone, with bands of white oolite, and quoins of Ancaster stone, and consists of chancel, nave, south porch, and a tower and spire of elegant proportions at the south-west angle, containing one bell: there are six stained windows, including the east window, placed in 1861, in memory of George and Sarah Maw; and others to Richard and Frederick Fox, and to the three children of John and Harriet Dalison and to members of the Maw family: some windows in the nave were presented by Mr. Huddlestone; the fittings of the chancel are of oak: there are 160 sittings. The register, including Cleatham and Twigmoor, dates from the year 1678. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £225, including 118 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Max Hammond Dalison esq, of Hamptons, West Peckham, Kent. Between Manton and Scawby there are traces of an ancient encampment, where coins, spears and other relics have been found. Max Hammond Dalison Esq. of Hamptons, West Peckham, Kent, is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is of a light sandy nature and black peat; subsoil, ironstone. The crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The area of Manton township is 2,172 acres of land and 4 of water; rateable value, £660; the population in 1891 of the township was 76, and of the parish 237.
Cleatham township is one mile and a half north from Kirton-in-Lindsey, and a mile south from the village of Manton. Matthew Maw esq., who is lord of the manor, and the trustees of the late MR. W. Brunyee, are the principal landowners. Cleatham Hall, a handsome mansion, remodelled in 1855, and overlooking a fine tract of country, is the residence of Matthew Maw esq. The area of the township is 1,094 acres; rateable value, £1,001; the population in 1891 was 76.
Holdings in North Lincolnshire Local Studies Library
- Manton : Enclosures. Russell, Eleanor and Rex - Landscape changes in South Humberside : The Enclosures of 37 Parishes 1982.
References in the Star Newspaper Index
- Eagle killed here LS 8.4.1916 2f.
- Civil parish to be merged With Cleatham - new parish To be called Manton SFS 13.5.1933 10a.
- Anglo Saxon hanging bowl found in Manton common - presented to Scunthorpe Museum SFS 3.6.1939 11a.
- Roman-British pottery discovered SFS 31.3.1951 1b.