| Static Image Name: | All Saints' church, Laughton, Lincs - geograph.org.uk - 131408.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Church of All Saints, Laughton |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Laughton |
| Coordinates: | 53.4655°N -0.7225°W |
| Population: | 410 |
| Population Ref: | (2011) |
| Shire District: | West Lindsey |
| Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Gainsborough |
| Post Town: | Gainsborough |
| Postcode District: | DN21 |
| Postcode Area: | DN |
| Os Grid Reference: | SK849972 |
| London Distance Mi: | 150 |
| London Direction: | S |
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 6miles north from the town of Gainsborough[2]
Nearby is Laughton Forest, mostly privately owned but leased to the Forestry Commission, which was created in the 20th century on a sandy heath.[3]
Laughton is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book, as "Lacestone" and "Lastone", with 29 households.[4]
A village school was founded in 1566 by a bequest of Dr Roger Dalison, an uncle of Sir Roger Dalison, and was established as a free grammar school in 1578. It was located in the Church Stile.[5] A new school-house was built in 1821, funded by Isabella Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of Hertford.[6] The Ingram family were the local landowners, giving their name to the Ingram Arms public house.
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 full-length monumental brass, made in about 1405, showing a knight wearing the style of armour worn at the Battle of Agincourt (1415), with Gothic-style canopy, reset in 1549 with new imitation Gothic-style inscription, to serve as the ledger stone for William Dalison (died 1546) of Laughton, Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1546 and Escheator of Lincolnshire. It is of a style and design similar to at least three surviving brasses namely those of:
The village of Wildsworth is 2.5miles 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] [7] It is still listed on the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II listed building, where it is described as disused.