Laughton, West Lindsey

Laughton is a village and a civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

[1] It is situated approximately 6 miles (10 km) north from the town of Gainsborough[2] Nearby is Laughton Forest, mostly privately owned but leased to the Forestry Commission, which was created in the 20th century on a sandy heath.

The parish church is built of limestone, dedicated to All Saints, and is a Grade I listed building dating from the 12th century.

In the south aisle is a full-length monumental brass, made in about 1405, showing a knight wearing the style of armour worn at the Battle of Agincourt (1415), with Gothic-style canopy, reset in 1549 with new imitation Gothic-style inscription, to serve as the ledger stone for William Dalison (died 1546) of Laughton, Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1546 and Escheator of Lincolnshire.

It is of a style and design similar to at least three surviving brasses namely those of: The village of Wildsworth is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the west on the bank of the River Trent.

All Saints' church, Laughton, anachronistic re-used monumental brass made circa 1405, of a knight wearing the style of armour worn at the Battle of Agincourt (1415), with Gothic-style canopy, serving as ledger stone for the remains of William Dalison [ 7 ] (died 1546), who lived well into the Renaissance age when the taste for the Gothic style had long passed
Ruins of Wildsworth Church