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*[http://www.mancetter.org.uk Mancetter Parish website] |
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*[http://atherstoneforum.proboards76.com Atherstoneforum] Mancetter and Athersone online forums |
*[http://atherstoneforum.proboards76.com Atherstoneforum] Mancetter and Athersone online forums |
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*[http://www.atherstone.org.uk/ Atherstone Organised] Includes nearby Mancetter. News, property, jobs, photos. |
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Revision as of 16:08, 16 May 2006
Mancetter is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. In 2001, it had a population of 2,449.
Mancetter is joined with the town of Atherstone, with which it forms a single urban area. The village is built on a rocky outcrop overlooking the River Anker, and is on the site of a former Roman settlement called Manduessedum"once one of the Primary Cities of Britain….now a solitary village” (Nicholson p. 1033-4)
Manceter medieval church was originally thatched or provided with a stone roof. It was appropriated to the monastery of Merevale around the time of Henry VI. John Nichols records that Harrington Drayton had the advowson in 1662.
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External links
- Mancetter Parish website
- Atherstoneforum Mancetter and Athersone online forums
- Atherstone Organised Includes nearby Mancetter. News, property, jobs, photos.
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