Manningtree

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Coordinates: 51°56′39″N 1°03′41″E / 51.9443°N 1.0614°E / 51.9443; 1.0614

Manningtree
Manningtree High Street
Manningtree shown within Essex
Population	900 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	TM105317
District	Tendring
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MANNINGTREE
Postcode district	CO11
Dialling code	01206
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	North Essex
List of places: UK • England • Essex

Manningtree is a town and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England, which lies on the River Stour. It adjoins built-up areas of Lawford to the west and Mistley to the east and the three parishes together are sometimes referred to as "Manningtree".

[edit] History

The name Manningtree is thought to derive from 'many trees'.^[1] The town grew around the wool trade from the fifteenth century under its decline in the 1700s and also had a thriving shipping trade in corn, timber and coal until this declined with the coming of the railway.^[1] 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.^[1]

Many of the buildings in the centre of the town have Georgian facades which obscure their earlier origins. Notable buildings include the town's library, which was originally built as, 'a public hall for the purposes of corn exchange' and was later used around 1900 for public entertainment,^[1] and the oldest Methodist church in Essex, located on South Street.

The Ascension, by John Constable, which hangs in Dedham church, was painted for Manningtree church, pulled down in the 1960s.

[edit] Geography

Manningtree is on Holbrook Bay, part of the River Stour in the north of Essex. It is the eastern edge of Dedham Vale.

Nearby villages include Dedham, Mistley, Lawford and Wrabness.

Manningtree railway station provides a direct train link to London, Norwich and Harwich.

[edit] Notable people

Margaret Thatcher used to live in Manningtree.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Twin Town

Frankenberg, Germany

[edit] Gallery

Manningtree Library

Manningtree Station

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Manningtree

• ManningtreeAZ - Online guide to Manningtree
• Manningtree Rail Users Association
• Manningtree High School
• Trinity Free Church - Manningtree

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