Laughton, West Lindsey

Laughton

Church of All Saints, Laughton
Laughton
Laughton shown within Lincolnshire
Population 410 (2011)
OS grid reference SK849972
• London 150 mi (240 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Gainsborough
Postcode district DN21
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament

Laughton is a village and a civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 410.[1] It is situated approximately 6 miles (10 km) north from the town of Gainsborough[2]

Laughton is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book, as "Lacestone" and "Lastone", with 29 households.[3]

The parish church is built of limestone, dedicated to All Saints, and is a Grade I listed building dating from the 12th century. It was restored and the chancel rebuilt in 1894 by Bodley and Garner. In the south aisle is a 14th-century full length brass, reset in 1549, to a member of the D'Alison family.[4]

Ruins of Wildsworth Church

The village of Wildsworth is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the west on the bank of the River Trent. It had a yellow-brick church, dedicated to St John the Divine, built in 1838 by Charles Biggs. It was declared redundant by the Diocese of Lincoln in 1982 and demolished two years later.[2][5] It is still listed on the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II listed building, where it is described as disused.[6]

Nearby is Laughton Forest, mostly privately owned but leased to the Forestry Commission, which was created in the 20th century on a sandy heath.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Laughton by Gainsborough". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Laughton". Domesday Map. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "All Saints, Laughton". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Laughton". Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "St John the Divine, Wildsworth". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "The History of Laughton Forest 1926 - 2013", Laughtonforest.blogspot.co.uk/
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