Population 123 (2011) Region East Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county Lincolnshire UK parliament constituency Scunthorpe | OS grid reference SE932025 Country England Post town Gainsborough District North Lincolnshire | |
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Manton is a village and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district of 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 6 miles (10 km) south-west from the town of Brigg. The parish includes the hamlet of Cleatham. Cleatham was a civil parish between 1866 and 1936.
Map of Manton, Gainsborough, UK
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 in 1998, and it was sold for residential use in 2003.
Cleatham Hall is a Grade II listed house dating from 1855 but with earlier origins.
Cleatham bowl barrow is a Bronze Age scheduled monument located about 200 yards (200 m) to the east of Cleatham Hall.
The last known player of the Lincolnshire bagpipes, John Hunsley, lived in Manton in the mid-1800s.