Manton, Nottinghamshire

Coordinates: 53°18′N 1°07′W / 53.30°N 1.11°W / 53.30; -1.11

Manton
Manton  Manton shown within Nottinghamshire
OS grid reference	SK595785
District	Bassetlaw
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WORKSOP
Postcode district	S80
Dialling code	01909
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Bassetlaw
List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire

Manton is a former mining village and suburb of south-east Worksop, north Nottinghamshire. Manton Colliery was one of the few pits in the county to generally support the strike in 1984-5. David Peace's book GB84 often refers to Manton, but mistakenly puts it in South Yorkshire.

The book describes Manton as being in South Yorkshire as it was part of the South Yorkshire coalfield and supported the National Union of Mineworkers despite being in north Nottinghamshire. Hence, it supported the strike while other pits in north Nottinghamshire did not back the strike

As one may imagine Manton's main source of employment for 100 years or thereabouts was the Colliery sunk by The Wigan Coal Company in the late 19th century. The pit village was constructed soon afterwards to accommodate the families of miners who came from many parts of the country to secure employment. Initially there was much bickering and fighting between these "Mantoners" but in time, when the winning of coal became the main goal for all, friendships where forged between the men at work or over a well earned pint in the pub after work. Manton was initially separate from Worksop but was eventually joined to the town when the council estates where built in the 1950s and 1960s.

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