In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Laughton like this:
LAUGHTON, a parish in Market-Harborough district, Leicester; on the Grand Union canal, 2½ miles N of Theddingworth r. station, and 5 W by N of Market-Harborough. Post-town, Theddingworth, under Rugby. Acres, 1,109. Real property, £2,116. Pop., 152. Houses, 37. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £247. * Patron, the Rev. G. B. Baker. The church is old but good, has a bell-turret, and contains numerous mural tablets. There are an Independent chapel, a free school, and charities £17.
Laughton through time
Laughton is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Laughton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Laughton, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10985
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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