Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Manictuna, Maninctuna 1086 DB

• Manigton 1250 Ass 1254 Val 1326 Pat 1346 FA

• Maningtone 1254 NfA 1286 Ass

• Manegetone 1257 Ass

• Manington 1267,1279 FF 1275 RH 1302 Orig

• Manyngtone 1286 Ass

• Manyngton 1310,1332,1372 FF 1316 FA 1324 Ipm 1324 Pat 1362 AD 1382to1482 Pat 1401–2 FA 1475–85 ECP 1535 VE

• Manyton 1377 Ipm

Etymology

According to Ekwall (DEPN) this is 'the tūn of Mann 's or Manna 's people', i.e. a name in -ingatūn. However, the vast majority of the spellings suggest that this is an -ingtūn name in which -ing- is a connective particle denoting association of the place with the person named (cf. Mills s.n. Mannington Do). The personal names under notice here are well evidenced in Old English (Redin 8, 52).

The church, in ruins, was abandoned in the mid-18th cent., village long deserted (EAA 51:51).