Laughton en le Morthen

Laughton en le Morthen /ˈlɔːtən ɒn lə ˈmɔːrðən/ is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham lying to the south of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, and its main attraction is the All Saints Church with its tower and spire of 185 feet.In the mid 11th century, Edwin, Earl of Mercia is believed to have built a Saxon hall in the village.An outer bailey, which is now the churchyard of the 14th century All Saints parish church, also had substantial earth ramparts and a dry ditch.[3] By the time of the Domesday survey in 1085, Busli's extensive feudal landholdings, which Laughton-en-le-Morthen was part of, was known as the "Honour of Blythe" because it included 86 manors in Nottinghamshire, 46 in Yorkshire, and others in Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire, as well as one in Devon.[6] There were also two public houses in the village, the St Leger Arms (named after local landowners the St. Leger family) which like many other village pubs closed in 2009, and is now a residential property, and the Hatfeild Arms, also named after a well known local family, which closed in 2018 and remains an empty building.
South Yorkshire2011 censusOS grid referenceCivil parishMetropolitan boroughRotherhamMetropolitan countyRegionYorkshire and the HumberCountryEnglandSovereign statePost townPostcode districtDialling codePoliceAmbulanceYorkshireUK ParliamentRother ValleyMetropolitan Borough of RotherhamSlade HootonEdwin, Earl of MerciaNorman conquest of EnglandWilliam the ConquerorRoger de BusliNormanloyal supporterNottinghamshireDerbyshireStrafforthwapentakemotte and baileyinner baileyearthworksouter baileySaxon hallDomesday surveyLincolnshireLeicestershireTickhillKimberworthMexboroughThurcroftSt. Leger familyFA CupListed buildings in Laughton en le MorthenUK CensusOffice for National StatisticsDavid HeyNew York CityThames and Hudson