HERE’S not much in Manthorpe, the tiny former estate village just outside Grantham in Lincolnshire—only a postbox and a parish noticeboard. Yet it’s packed full of character and that’s partly down to names: almost every house has got one. Some are more obviously chosen than others. Holly Cottage is demarcated by an enormous holly hedge; The Old Post Office retains its now-defunct postbox; and the Old Reading Room, once a recreational building for estate workers,
