A settlement of twelve households and an estate held by Miles Crispin were recorded at Manetone in the 1087 Domesday Book.

[2] A small industrial estate on the A4 to the west of Manton houses several businesses including the headquarters of P&M Aviation, a manufacturer of ultralight aircraft.

[4] The Anglican Church of St George is 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the village, next to Preshute House.

[9] The Manton Estate is 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the village, on the Marlborough Downs in the parish of Preshute.

The estate was purchased by Leeds-born soap manufacturer Joseph Watson (died 1922), who in 1921 won the Oaks with Love in Idleness and came 3rd in the Derby with Lemonora; in 1922 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Manton.