Manston, Kent
Manston | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Ramsgate | |
Postcode district | CT12 | |
Dialling code | 01843 | |
Police | Kent | |
Fire | Kent | |
Ambulance | South East Coast | |
UK Parliament | ||
Manston is a village and
Etymology
The village was originally Mannestone which means 'farm on top of a hill' (a possible alternative variation is a farm belonging to a man called Mann) and was recorded in 1254 as Manneston,[3] but obtained its modern spelling in 1381 around the time of the Peasants' Revolt[citation needed].
History
The discovery of an
In June 1381 the Peasants' Revolt reached Manston.
- "A proclamation in the name of Jack Straw and Wat Tyler ordered that labour services should not be performed nor distraints made, and called on the people to destroy the Manston house of William dea Medmenham [a local coroner who evidently acted as representative for St Augustine's and Catherine's], and if possible behead him. The same day a crowd some 200 strong attacked the house, burnt "the books and muniments" and "took away and burnt the rolls" to the value of 20 marks."[5]
Two road names in the parish give clues to its past. Manston Court Road refers to Manston Court,
Smuggling was rife in the Isle in the 17th and 18th centuries. Manston Cave, on the road towards Sandwich, was one of the smugglers' hideouts. Little of it now remains.[7]
In 1901, the
During both World Wars the Manston area became important as an aircraft base, particularly in the Second World War as an airfield for emergency landings of damaged Allied bombers returning from the continent. The RAF Manston Museum tells the story of the air station.[9]
The former
Governance
Manston Parish Council consists of seven members and holds its meetings in the RAF Museum
Geography
Manston Parish lies in the middle of the Isle of Thanet and includes the hamlets of Haine, Lydden, Woodchurch and Shottendane. A large part of it is agricultural land.
The village
St Catherine's Church[11] was built in 1872 with monies raised by locals as a Chapel of ease for those of the St Lawrence Parish who were unable to attend the church in St Lawrence. The land was donated by the Vicar of St Lawrence, Rev. G. W. Sicklemore. There is a war memorial on the village green to those who served and died in the two world wars of the twentieth century.
The village
There is an active village hall with its own committee, used during
The erstwhile post office and village store is now closed: the post box bearing the mark of GR is all that remains. There is flourishing Garden Club.[12]
Transport
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ Manston Parish Council Manston Parish Council]
- ISBN 0-19-280074-4.
- ^ Notes on Ozengell excavations
- ^ RKI Quested on Sackett Family archive
- ^ "A history of Manston Court". Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2008.
- ^ Manston Cave (Ingoldsby Legends)
- ^ P Higginbottom - Workhouses in Thanet Archived 24 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ RAF Manston museum
- ^ "Manston migrant centre: What were the problems?". BBC News. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ St Catherine's church Archived 4 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Manston Garden Club Archived 13 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Plans for Manston Airport railway station drawn up". BBC News Online. 2 October 2012.