Laughton (Blyton)

The parish had two public Reading Rooms in 1896 - one in Laughton Village and one in Wildsworth hamlet.

The Gainsborough Library is an excellent resource with both a Local History section and a Family History section.

Adrian S. PYE has a photograph of the Laughton cemetery on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2020.

Julian P. GUFFOGG has a photograph of the tomb brass to two D'ALISON men (William, sheriff and J.P. for Lincolnshire, died 1546 and his son George who died in 1549) on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2015.

• The parish was part of the Scotter sub-district of the Gainsborough Registration District.
   
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:

• The Anglican parish church in Laughton village is dedicated to All Saints.
   
• The church was endowed in 1310 by John DALDERBY, then Bishop of Lincoln, and presumably built shortly thereafter.
   
• The church tower was repaired in 1876.
   
• This church was extensively repaired in 1879.
   
• The church was re-opened after 1896 restorationsat the sole cost of Mrs. MYNELL-INGRAM and dedicated by the Bishop of Lincoln.
   
• The church seats 200.
   
• There is a photograph of All Saints church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of All Saints on Geo-graph, taken in 2006.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of the church interior on Geo-graph taken in 2012.
   
• Here is a photo of All Saints Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
   

• There was a church at Wildsworth once, dedicated to Saint John the Divine.
   
• The church started as a Chapel of Ease, built in 1838.
   
• The church was restored in 1896, and again in 1908.
   
• The church sat 80 people.
   
• The Diocese of Lincoln declared the church at Wildsworth redundant in June, 1982. Two years later it was demolished and the building site was made part of the churchyard.
   
• There is a photograph of Saint John's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site, taken by David NAYLOR.
   
• David WRIGHT has a photograph of Wildsworth Churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2006.

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1566, but is incomplete.
   
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Corringham Deanery to make your search easier.
   
• There were also chapels for Wesleyan Methodists and Primitive Methodists in the village. For more on researching these chapel records, see our non-conformist religions page.
   
• See our Church Records page to see county-wide sources.

• The parish was part of the Scotter sub-district of the Gainsborough Registration District.
   
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which started in July, 1837.

Laughton is a village and parish almost due north of Gainsborough. It lies 165 miles north of London. The parish of Scotton lies to the north, with Blyton parish to the south. The parish covers almost 4,600 acres.

The village lies west of the the A159 trunk road as it passes between Scunthorpe and Gainsborough. Wildsworth is a hamlet (and township) in Laughton parish on the east bank of the River Trent. Laughton Forest lies to the north of the village. If you are planning a visit:

• Here's a view of the centre of Laughton, taken by Jonathan BILLINGER in 2011.
   
• J. THOMAS has a photograph of The Village Sign, taken in April, 2014.
   
• Check out our touring page for more sources.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Laughton (Blyton) to another place.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK848975 (Lat/Lon: 53.467, -0.724583), Laughton (Blyton) which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

The parish only recently celbrated its Military History with a War Memorial to airmen who had died in crashes in the parish.

Adrian S. PYE has a photograph of the Laughton Aircrew Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2020.

• This place was an ancient township in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil parish in December, 1866.
   
• Wildsworth was also a township in this parish on the east bank of the River Trent. It split off to become its own Civil Parish in December, 1866.
   
• The parish was in the ancient Corringham Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
   
• You may contact the Laughton Parish Council regarding political or social issues, but they are NOT funded to help you with family searches.
   
• Today's district governance is provided by the West Lindsey District Council.

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Gainsborough petty session hearings.
   
• After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Gainsborough Poor Law Union.

Year	Inhabitants
1801	346
1831	441
1851	508
1861	515
1871	336
1881	295
1891	300
1911	254

• The Parish School was founded in 1566 by Doctor Roger DALLISON (also found as DALYSON).
   
• The school was replaced with a new structure in 1821.
   
• A new school was erected in 1841 by the Lady Gordon (then Lady of the Manor) to replace the one above and to hold 50 students. It was then known as the Free Grammar School.
   
• A school was erected at Wildworth in 1875 to hold 30 children.
   
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.