In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Manton like this:
MANTON, a village and a parish in Oakham district, Rutland. The village stands on an eminence, adjacent to the Syston and Peterborough railway, near the river Gwash, 3½ miles SSE of Oakham; and has a station on the railway. The parish comprises 1,290 acres. Real property, £2,410. Pop., 274. ...
Houses, 62. The manor belonged to Clugny abbey and the Beauchamps. A tunnel, nearly a mile long, takes the railway throughManton hill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Valne, £102. Patron, E. W. Smyth, Esq. The church stands on a height in the centre of the village; is an old building, with bell turret; and was restored in 1854. A chantry was founded, in the time of Edward III., by W. Wade; but has disappeared.
Manton through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Manton in Rutland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1988
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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