Manningtree
Sign in to saveManningtree is a town and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It lies on the River Stour and forms part of the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 874 and the built up area (which extends into the neighbouring parishes of Lawford and Mistley) had a population of 1,761.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Manningtree
- UK place.static_image_name
- The Stour Estuary - geograph.org.uk - 14415.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The River Stour at Manningtree
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.population
- 874
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.shire_district
- Tendring
- UK place.shire_county
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Harwich and North Essex
- UK place.post_town
- MANNINGTREE
- UK place.postcode_district
- CO11
- UK place.postcode_area
- CO
- UK place.dial_code
- 01206
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TM105317
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Article
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- Smallest town claim
- Geography
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- Media
- In fiction
- Notable people
- Twin town
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Manningtree is a town and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It lies on the River Stour and forms part of the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 874 and the built up area (which extends into the neighbouring parishes of Lawford and Mistley) had a population of 1,761.
==History== thumb|left|Corn Exchange, Manningtree|Manningtree Library The name Manningtree is thought to derive from 'many trees'. The town grew around the wool trade from the 15th century until its decline in the 18th century and also had a thriving shipping trade in corn, timber and coal until this declined with the coming of the railway. Manningtree is known as the centre of the activities of Matthew Hopkins, the self-appointed Witchfinder General, who claimed to have overheard local women discussing their meetings with the devil in 1644 with his accusations leading to their execution as witches.