Manfield is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England.[1] The closest major town is Darlington, which is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east of Manfield.[2] It is close to the River Tees and Darlington and is notable for All Saints Church and Manfield Village School.[1] The parish includes the township of Cliffe,[3] a hamlet situated on the River Tees.There were 16 professionals in the village and 100 people who worked as labourers and servants,[12] most likely for the manor in Manfield, the Lord of which was R. B.[3] The school was originally built with the genuine belief in the value of education and the diminishing need for child labour in Victorian industries and farming.
Pie-chart showing the occupational structure for Manfield in 1831
Manfield's village school, the Crown pub to the right