Aslackby and Laughton: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

| 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 = {{coord|52.857|-0.409|scale:50000|display=inline,title}}

| civil_parish = Aslackby and Laughton

| population = 251

| population_ref = (2011)

| population_density =

| shire_district = [[South Kesteven]]

| shire_county = [[Lincolnshire]]

| region = East Midlands

| constituency_westminster = [[Grantham and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)|Grantham and Stamford]]

| post_town = [[Sleaford]]

| postcode_district = NG34

| postcode_area =NG

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = TF083305

| london_distance_mi =95<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances -->

| london_direction =S

[[File:Aslackby and Laughton Lincolnshire UK parish map.svg|thumb|right|Parish boundary within Lincolnshire]]

'''Aslackby and Laughton''' is a [[civil parish]]<ref name=pc>{{cite web|url=http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/AslackbyandLaughton/|title=Civil Parish details}}</ref> in the [[South Kesteven]] district of [[Lincolnshire]], England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 243,<ref name=pc/> in 102 households.<ref name=census2001>{{cite web|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790460|title=2001 census|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=20 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064708/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790460|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> increasing slightly to 251 in 118 households at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120178&c=Aslackby+and+laughton&d=16&e=62&g=6447225&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1461233032332&enc=1|title=Civil parish population 2011|access-date=21 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> It consists of the village of Aslackby, the hamlet of Laughton, and scattered farms,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forms.southkesteven.gov.uk/SKDC%20Internet%20Data/Publications/PlanningPolicy/PPG17Maps/Aslackby%20and%20Laughton.jpg |title=Parish Boundary map from SKDC }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and part of the hamlet of [[Graby, Lincolnshire|Graby]].{{geoGroup}}

'''Aslackby''' {{nowrap|({{IPAc-en|ˈ|eɪ|z|ə|l|b|i}} {{respell|AY|zəl|bee}}; {{Coord|52|51|35|N|0|23|20|W|region:GB_type:city|display=inline|name=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]].

{{Main|St James' Church, Aslackby}}

Aslackby [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade I]] listed [[Anglican]] church is dedicated to [[James, son of Zebedee|St James]].<ref name=NHLE>{{NHLE|num=1062757 |desc=Church of St James|access-date= 9 July 2011}}</ref> The [[chancel]] is [[Early English Period|Early English]], largely rebuilt 1856, with the [[Bell tower|tower]] and [[nave]], [[English Gothic architecture#Perpendicular Gothic|Perpendicular]].<ref name=ch>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegilbertinebenefice.btik.com/p_Aslackby.ikml|title=Church web site}}{{dead link|date=June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mname=Church |mnumber=348722 |access-date=11 April 2010 }}</ref> The [[parish|ecclesiastical parish]] is Aslackby, part of The Billingborough Group of the [[Deanery of Lafford|Lafford Deanery]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?22002000 |title=Aslackby P C C |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073444/http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/search_parishes.php?22002000 |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}, [[Diocese of Lincoln]]</ref>

The Aveland, a moat said to be the meeting place for the [[Wapentake]] of [[Aveland]] is in the parish.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=348358 |mname=The Aveland moat |access-date=4 July 2010}}</ref> There is documentary evidence for a settlement called Avethorpe, from the ''[[Domesday]]'' survey onwards, but no actual location is known.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=348363 |mname=National Monument record for Avethorpe |access-date=4 July 2010 }}</ref>

==Laughton==

The hamlet of '''Laughton''' {{nowrap|

({{Coord|52|52|20|N|0|23|58|W|region:GB_type:city|display=inline|name=Laughton}})}} lies less than {{convert|1|mi|km|1}} to the north of Aslackby. West Laughton at its south-west is the site of a [[deserted medieval village]] (DMV).<ref>{{cite map|publisher=OSGB |title=Bourne & Heckington: Billingborough & Morton |url=http://leisure.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/paper-maps/paper-maps-ordnance-survey-great-britain/paper-maps-ordnance-survey-great-britain-os-explorer-map/bourne-and-heckington/pid-9780319238110 |edition=3 |year=2006 |cartography= |scale=1:25000 |series=OS Explorer Map |page=248 |section= |inset= |access-date=9 April 2010 |isbn=978-0-319-23811-0 |id= |ref=TF074311}} West Laughton {{gbmappingsmall|TF074311}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mname=West Laughton |mnumber=348714 |access-date=11 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mname=Additional settlement at Laughton |mnumber=1041290 |access-date=11 April 2010}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ward|first=Penny|title=The Knights Templar in Kesteven|date=5 December 2023 |publisher=Heritage Lincolnshire Publications|location=Heckington|isbn=978-0-948639-47-0|edition=2nd|editor=Dennis Mills}}</ref> The preceptories from which the Lincolnshire properties were managed were:<ref>{{cite book|series=Victoria County History|title=A History of the County of Lincoln|volume=2|editor-first=William |editor-last=Page|year=1906|pages = 210–213 |section=Houses of Knights Templars: Willoughton, Eagle, Aslackby, South Witham and Temple Bruer |section-url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38047 |access-date=12 February 2011}}</ref>

*[[Aslackby Preceptory]], [[Kesteven]] ({{gbmappingsmall|TF0830}})

*[[Bottesford Preceptory|Bottesford]], [[Lindsey (government district)|Lindsey]] ({{gbmappingsmall|SE8907}})

*[[Eagle, Lincolnshire|Eagle]], Kesteven ({{gbmappingsmall|SK875672}})

*[[Great Limber]], Lindsey ({{gbmappingsmall|TA1308}})

*[[Horkstow]], Lindsey ({{gbmappingsmall|SE9818}})

*[[Witham Preceptory]], Kesteven ({{gbmappingsmall|SK928205}})

*[[Temple Bruer]], Kesteven ({{gbmappingsmall|TF0054}})

*[[Willoughton Preceptory]], Lindsey ({{gbmappingsmall|SK923931}})

*[[Byards Leap|Byard's Leap]] ({{gbmappingsmall|SK990494}}) was part of the Temple Bruer estate.

==Gallery==

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

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* {{Genuki|county=LIN|Aslackby}}

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