Manston, Dorset
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| Manston | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 Manston House | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST815155 |
| Location: | 50°56’20"N, 2°15’54"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 140 (2013 est.) |
| Post town: | Sturminster Newton |
| Postcode: | DT10 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Dorset |
Manston is a small village in northern Dorset, lying next to the River Stour in the Blackmore Vale, a mile east of the town of Sturminster Newton.[1][2] It is within the county's Gillingham Hundred. In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 140.
In 1086 in the Domesday Book Manston was recorded as Manestone;[3] it had 19 households, 8 ploughlands, 25 acres of meadow and 2 mills. The tenant-in-chief was Waleran the hunter.
The parish church of St Nicholas has a 13th-century chancel, 14th-century nave and 15th-century west tower.[1]
The first legal cremation in Britain took place at Manston House in 1883,[4] carried out by Captain Thomas Hanham.[5]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Manston: An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 3, pages 143-145
- ↑ Wightman, R., Portrait of Dorset, Hale, 1983, p17
- ↑ "Dorset H–R". The Domesday Book Online. domesdaybook.co.uk. 1999–2013. http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/dorset2.html. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ Burton-Page, Tony (August 2011). "Dorset Houses – A burning question". Dorset Life Magazine. http://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2011/08/dorset-houses-%E2%80%93%C2%A0a-burning-question/. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ http://www.mmtrust.org.uk/mausolea/view/54/Hanham_Mausoleum Hanham Mausoleum
