Manton, Rutland Genealogy

Guide to Manton, Rutland ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
MANTON (St. Hibald), a parish, in the union of Glanford Brigg, partly in the wapentake of Corringham, and partly in the E division of that of Manley, parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 5¼ miles (S. W. by W.) from Glanford Brigg with the township of Cleatham, and the hamlet of Twigmoor.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson, 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.

The Victoria County History of Manton (1935) is available. It includes a history of the manor, church, advowson, and charities.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Manton parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Deposited parish registers are found at the Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Record Office. Deposited bishop's transcripts are held at the Northamptonshire Record Office.

Diocese of Peterborough: Manton Baptisms 1573 - 1913; Marriages 1573 – 1836 (Banns to 1963); Burials 1573 - 1989

Poor Law Unions

 * Oakham Poor Law Union, Rutland

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Rutland Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain