In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Manea like this:
MANEA, or MANEY, a village and a chapelry in Coveney parish, Cambridge. The village stands near the Old Bedford river, and near the Peterborough, March, and Ely railway, 6½ miles SE of March; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under March. The chapelry comprises 4,768 acres. ...
Real property, £9,6 54. Pop. in 1861,1,206. Houses, 260. The pop. underwent much increase before 1867. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Lord Rokeby. An incipient strong building stood on a hillock, designated Charlemont, and was the nucleus of an intended palace, founded by Charles I., but relinquished, in an incipient state, in consequence of his public troubles. Ancient urns, containing burnt bones, have been found. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Coveney, in the diocese of Ely. The church is a brick structure, recently in very dilapidated condition; and a new church, on a better site, was contemplated in 186 7. There are chapels for Baptists and Methodists, and an endowed national school. Conyers Middleton was in cumbent..
Manea through time
Manea is now part of Fenland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Fenland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Manea itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Manea, in Fenland and Cambridgeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1594
Date accessed: 04th May 2024
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