Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LAUGHTON

LAUGHTON, a village, a township, and a parish in Gainsborough district, Lincoln. The village stands 2 miles N of Blyton r. station, and 6 NE by N of Gainsborough; is a pleasant place; and has a post-office under Gainsborough. The township comprises 3,972 acres. Pop., 365. Houses, 67. The parish contains also the hamlet-chapelry of Wildsworth: and comprises 4,598 acres. Real property, £4,227. Pop., 515. Houses, 94. The property is divided between four. The manor belongs to H. C. M. Ingram, Esq. About 1,000 acres are sandy common. The living is a vicarage, including the chapelry of Wildsworth, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £258.* Patron, H. C. M. Ingram, Esq. The parish church is good, has a tower, and contains a triple canopied brass of 1400. The church of Wildsworth was built in 1838. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a free school with £20 a year.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Laughton CP/Tn       Gainsborough RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Laughton By Gainsborough

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