Manthorpe is a village in the

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Toft with Lound and Manthorpe Toft may refer to: People * Albert Toft (1862–1949), English sculptor * Alfonso Toft (1866–1964), English pottery artist * Christian Toft (born 1968), Danish Olympic swimmer * Claude Toft (1922–1981), Irish politician and Mayor of Galway * ...

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, England. It lies east from the A6121, south-west from Bourne and north-east from Stamford. Manthorpe was formerly in the parish of Witham on-the-Hill, in 1866 Manthorpe became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Toft with Lound and Manthorpe". In 1921 the parish had a population of 74. At the western side of the village runs the East Glen River. At Bowthorpe Park Farm is the Bowthorpe Oak, with the largest girth in the UK. The tree has a circumference of about .

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"The Bowthorpe Oak"
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