Aslackby and Laughton

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File:Aslackby and Laughton Lincolnshire UK parish map.svg
Parish boundary within Lincolnshire

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.Template:Side box

Aslackby

Aslackby (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell".; Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) is a small village extending westwards from the A15 road between Rippingale and Folkingham, about halfway between Sleaford and Bourne.

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Aslackby Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to St James.[5] The chancel is Early English, largely rebuilt 1856, with the tower and nave, Perpendicular.[6][7] The ecclesiastical parish is Aslackby, part of The Billingborough Group of the Lafford Deanery[8]

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.[9] There is documentary evidence for a settlement called Avethorpe, from the Domesday survey onwards, but no actual location is known.[10]

Laughton

The hamlet of Laughton (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) lies less than Script error: No such module "convert". to the north of Aslackby. West Laughton at its south-west is the site of a deserted medieval village (DMV).[11][12][13]

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.[14] The preceptories from which the Lincolnshire properties were managed were:[15]

  • Aslackby Preceptory, Kesteven (Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".)
  • Bottesford, Lindsey (Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".)
  • Eagle, Kesteven (Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".)
  • Great Limber, Lindsey (Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".)
  • Horkstow, Lindsey (Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".)
  • Witham Preceptory, Kesteven (Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".)
  • Temple Bruer, Kesteven (Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".)
  • Willoughton Preceptory, Lindsey (Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".)
  • Byard's Leap (Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".) was part of the Temple Bruer estate.

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References

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