Manaton

**Manaton**
	Manaton
Devon
; Cottages in Manaton
	Location
Grid reference:	SX754812
Location:	50°37’3"N, 3°45’41"W
	Data
Postcode:	TQ13
	Local Government

Manaton is a village on the south-eastern side of Dartmoor in Devon.

The 15th century church, in a prominent spot to the north of the village green, is dedicated to St Winifred. Three of the six bells in its tower are mediæval - markings on the oldest indicate a date of around 1440-50, making them at least as ancient as the tower itself. They are still being rung today on a regular basis by the local team of bellringers. Its rood screen was carved around 1500, but the figures were defaced during the Reformation. A granite cross once stood in the churchyard, but was destroyed in the mid-19th century by the vicar, Rev. John Charles Carwithen. He did so because he disapproved of what he considered to be a superstitious custom of carrying coffins three times around the cross before burial.

Between 1903 and 1923, the writer John Galsworthy and his wife frequently stayed in a farmhouse called Wingstone in the village.^[1] It was here that he was inspired by the nearby Jay's Grave and its legend to write his short story The Apple Tree in 1916.^[2]