Laughton, All Saints

The medieval church with its arcades of the 12th and 13th centuries was transformed in the 1890s thanks to Mrs Meynell-Ingram, a wealthy benefactor.

The chancel was rebuilt by Bodley and Garner in Decorated style and a clerestory was added.  The beautiful painted ceilings, the rood screen and the reredos with its triptych all date from this lavish restoration.

May 2010

Laughton, All Saints

Priest's door, Early English, part restored.

May 2010

Laughton, All Saints

Rainwater head, dated 1895, from the restoration by Bodley and Garner.  Note the unusual overflow, probably a later addition.

May 2010

Laughton, All Saints

The fine painted chancel ceiling which dates the restoration of the 1890s by Bodley and Garner.

May 2010

Laughton, celebration

Lady M Meynell, wife of Col Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell, is the chief guest at this village event on 8 October 1906.

Laughton, Maypole Dancing

Laughton is a small village some 6 miles north of Gainsborough. It's name comes from the Old English for "leek enclosure" or "herb garden".

postcard, 1906

Laughton, Maypole Dancing

Laughton is a small village some 6 miles north of Gainsborough. It's name comes from the Old English for "leek enclosure" or "herb garden".

postcard, 1908

Laughton, Primitive Methodist Chapel

The original Primitive Methodist chapel was built on this site on Scotter Road in c.1825.

The replacement building, seen here today, was erected in 1927.

September 2023 

Laughton, Primitive Methodist Chapel

View of the chapel from the north-east.

September 2023 

Laughton, Primitive Methodist Chapel, Datestone

Datestone of the chapel, built only 4 years before Methodist unification in 1931. It was one of the very last PM chapels to be built in Lincolnshire.

September 2023 

Laughton, Primitive Methodist Chapel, Vent

The roof top structure was an important element of the ventilation system, a common feature of public buildings of the early twentieth century.

September 2023