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

Aslackby

Aslackby is a small village extending westwards from the A15 road (Great Britain), A15 road between Rippingale and Folkingham, about halfway between Sleaford and Bourne, Lincolnshire, Bourne. Aslackby Listed building#Categories of listed building, Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to James, son of Zebedee, St James. The chancel is Early English Period, Early English, largely rebuilt 1856, with the Bell tower, tower and nave, English Gothic architecture#Perpendicular Gothic, Perpendicular. The parish, ecclesiastical parish is Aslackby, part of The Billingborough Group of the Deanery of Lafford, Lafford Deanery There is a dining club, The Templars, for long-term residents, and a local history society.

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 to the north of Aslackby. West Laughton at its south-west is the site of a deserted medieval village (DMV).

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 Preceptor#Christian_military_orders, 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. The preceptories from which the Lincolnshire properties were managed were: *Aslackby Preceptory, Kesteven () *Bottesford Preceptory, Bottesford, Lindsey (government district), Lindsey () *Eagle, Lincolnshire, Eagle, Kesteven () *Great Limber, Lindsey () *Horkstow, Lindsey () *Witham Preceptory, Kesteven () *Temple Bruer, Kesteven () *Willoughton Preceptory, Lindsey () *Byards Leap, Byard's Leap () was part of the Temple Bruer estate.

Gallery

File:Bales of wheat straw, Laughton, Lincs - geograph.org.uk - 227505.jpg, Typical agricultural scene in Laughton File:Ford in Aslackby village, Lincs - geograph.org.uk - 227482.jpg, The ford in Aslackby File:Laughton Manor Farm - geograph.org.uk - 278426.jpg, Laughton Manor Farm from the air File:Aslackby village - geograph.org.uk - 278996.jpg, Aslackby village from the air

References

External links

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"Aslackby and Laughton Parish Council"
Lincolnshire Parish Councils: South Kesteven. Retrieved 9 July 2011 * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aslackby And Laughton Civil parishes in Lincolnshire South Kesteven District