Aslackby and Laughton

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Aslackby and Laughton
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Aslackby and Laughton
Location within Lincolnshire
Population251 (2011)
OS grid reference TF083305
•  London 95 mi (153 km)  S
Civil parish
  • Aslackby and Laughton
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Sleaford
Postcode district NG34
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52°51′25″N0°24′32″W / 52.857°N 0.409°W / 52.857; -0.409
Parish boundary within Lincolnshire 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.

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Aslackby

Aslackby( /ˈeɪzəlbi/ AY-zəl-bee; 52°51′35″N0°23′20″W / 52.85972°N 0.38889°W / 52.85972; -0.38889 (Aslackby) ) is a small village extending westwards from the A15 road between Rippingale and Folkingham, about halfway between Sleaford and Bourne.

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 ( 52°52′20″N0°23′58″W / 52.87222°N 0.39944°W / 52.87222; -0.39944 (Laughton) ) lies less than 1 mile (1.6 km) 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Civil Parish details".
  2. ↑ "2001 census". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Parish Boundary map from SKDC".[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St James (1062757)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "Church web site".[ dead link ]
  7. ↑ Historic England. "Church (348722)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  8. ↑ "Aslackby P C C". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011., Diocese of Lincoln
  9. ↑ Historic England. "The Aveland moat (348358)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  10. ↑ Historic England. "National Monument record for Avethorpe (348363)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  11. ↑ Bourne & Heckington: Billingborough & Morton (Map) (3 ed.). 1:25000. OS Explorer Map. OSGB. 2006. p. 248. ISBN   978-0-319-23811-0 . Retrieved 9 April 2010. West Laughton TF074311
  12. ↑ Historic England. "West Laughton (348714)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  13. ↑ Historic England. "Additional settlement at Laughton (1041290)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  14. ↑ Ward, Penny (5 December 2023). Dennis Mills (ed.). The Knights Templar in Kesteven (2nd ed.). Heckington: Heritage Lincolnshire Publications. ISBN   978-0-948639-47-0.
  15. ↑ Page, William, ed. (1906). "Houses of Knights Templars: Willoughton, Eagle, Aslackby, South Witham and Temple Bruer". A History of the County of Lincoln. Victoria County History. Vol. 2. pp. 210–213. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
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