[1] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Sturton le Steeple.

Despite this in 1897 there were complaints that the ferry had been ‘stopped’ on the orders of the landowner, Mr Foljambe.

In 1905 Foljambe said he would abandon it and no council was prepared to pay for a legal challenge.

William Stukely's map of Littleborough (1724) shows two possible arms of the Trent enclosing the Roman town of Segelocum (or Agelocum).

This might explain why the Roman fort at Manton now lies across the river rather than close to the hamlet.