LAUGHTON-en-le-MORTHEN, a parish partly
within the liberty of ST-PETER-of-YORK, East riding,
and partly in the southern division of the wapentake
of STRAFFORTH-and-TICKHILL, West riding, of the
county of YORK, comprising the chapelry of Letwell,
and the townships of Gilden-Wells, Laughton en le
Morthen, Throapham, and Woodsetts, and containing
1055 inhabitants, of which number, 652 are in the
township of Laughton en le Morthen, 7 miles (S. W.
by W.) from Tickhill. The living is a discharged vicarage,
rated in the king's books at £6. 13. 4., endowed
with £1400 parliamentary grant, and in the peculiar
jurisdiction and patronage of the Chancellor in
the Cathedral Church of York. The church, dedicated
to All Saints, is a fine specimen of the early English
style; the tower and spire are visible at the distance of
sixty miles; the height to the weathercock is one hundred
and ninety-five feet. There is a place of worship
for Independents. The free school is endowed with
a dwelling-house, garden, and land, together with a rentcharge
of £2. Ten poor children are educated gratuitously;
five children are also instructed for £ 5
per annum, the bequest of William Beckwith, in 1816.