| Static Image Name: | St.Margaret's church, Roughton, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 95372.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Margaret's Church, Roughton |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Roughton |
| Coordinates: | 53.166°N -0.145°W |
| Population: | 644 |
| Population Ref: | (Census 2011) |
| Shire District: | East Lindsey |
| Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Louth and Horncastle |
| Post Town: | Woodhall Spa |
| Postcode District: | LN10 |
| Postcode Area: | LN |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF241648 |
| London Distance Mi: | 105 |
| London Direction: | S |
| Area Total Km2: | 14.06 |
Roughton is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The parish population was 644 in 2011.[1]
The village lies approximately 5miles south from Horncastle and near the hamlets of Thornton and Kirkby-on-Bain. Since 1936 the hamlets of Dalderby and Martin have been part of Roughton civil parish.[2]
In the 1086 Domesday Book, Roughton is noted with 11 households, with Lord of the Manor as King William I.[3]
The parish church dates from the 13th century, and is dedicated to Saint Margaret. Built of a "patchwork" of greenstone, limestone and red brick, its construction includes elements from 12th-century Norman to 17th-century brick. It is a Grade II* listed building.[4] The base of a medieval stone cross is in the churchyard; it is both Grade II listed and designated as an ancient scheduled monument.
Roughton Hall is a Grade II* listed building dating from the mid-18th century.[5] Until his death in 2018, it was home to Louth and Horncastle MP, and Father of the House, Sir Peter Tapsell.
A primary school in Roughton served the village and the nearby hamlets of Haltham, Dalderby and Martin. It closed in December 1946 following a decline of population.[6]
Roughton Moor Wood on the outskirts of nearby Woodhall Spa is a conservation area consisting of semi-natural woodland; it is managed by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.[7]
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north to Baumber with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 2,270.[8]