Aslackby and Laughton explained

Country:England
Official Name:Aslackby and Laughton
Static Image Name:St.James' church, Aslackby, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 90690.jpg
Static Image Caption:St James' Church, Aslackby
Coordinates:52.857°N -0.409°W
Civil Parish:Aslackby and Laughton
Population:251
Population Ref:(2011)
Region:East Midlands
Postcode District:NG34
Postcode Area:NG
Os Grid Reference:TF083305
London Distance Mi:95
London Direction:S

Aslackby and Laughton is a civil parish[1] in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 243,[1] in 102 households.[2] increasing slightly to 251 in 118 households at the 2011 census.[3] It consists of the village of Aslackby, the hamlet of Laughton, and scattered farms,[4] and part of the hamlet of Graby.

Aslackby

Aslackby is a small village extending westwards from the A15 road between Rippingale and Folkingham, about halfway between Sleaford and Bourne.

See main article: St James' Church, Aslackby. Aslackby Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to St James. The chancel is Early English, largely rebuilt 1856, with the tower and nave, Perpendicular.[5] The ecclesiastical parish is Aslackby, part of The Billingborough Group of the Lafford Deanery[6]

There is a dining club, The Templars, for long-term residents, and a local history society.[1]

History

The Aveland, a moat said to be the meeting place for the Wapentake of Aveland is in the parish. There is documentary evidence for a settlement called Avethorpe, from the Domesday survey onwards, but no actual location is known.

Laughton

The hamlet of Laughton lies less than 1miles to the north of Aslackby. West Laughton at its south-west is the site of a deserted medieval village (DMV).[7]

Lincolnshire preceptories

Until their disbandment in 1312, the Knights Templar were major landowners on the higher lands of Lincolnshire, where they had a number of preceptories on property which provided income, while Temple Bruer was an estate on the Lincoln Heath, believed to have been used also for military training.[8] The preceptories from which the Lincolnshire properties were managed were:[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish details.
  2. Web site: Neighbourhood Statistics. 2001 census. Office for National Statistics. 20 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064708/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790460. 4 March 2016.
  3. Web site: Civil parish population 2011. 21 April 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  4. Web site: Parish Boundary map from SKDC .
  5. Web site: Church web site.
  6. Web site: Aslackby P C C . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073444/http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?22002000 . 16 July 2011 ., Diocese of Lincoln
  7. OSGB . Bourne & Heckington: Billingborough & Morton . 3 . 2006 . 1:25000 . OS Explorer Map . 248 . 9 April 2010 . 978-0-319-23811-0 . TF074311. West Laughton
  8. Book: Ward, Penny. The Knights Templar in Kesteven. 5 December 2023 . Heritage Lincolnshire Publications. Heckington. 978-0-948639-47-0. 2nd. Dennis Mills.
  9. Book: Victoria County History. A History of the County of Lincoln. 2. William . Page. 1906. 210–213 . Houses of Knights Templars: Willoughton, Eagle, Aslackby, South Witham and Temple Bruer . http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38047 . 12 February 2011.