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About Laughton en le Morthen

Once a mining hamlet, Laughton-en-le-Morthen is now thriving village with stylish housing expanding out from its medieval centre. It is in an old village, it was mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086, at this time it had a church, castle and hall, together with small holdings.

The church mentioned in Doomsday has long gone, with only traces of it incorporated in the church we look at today which dates from 1377. All Saints church is very beautiful, it has a soaring 185 ft spire, a noted landmark from all parts of the village, and among the graves and tombstones in the surrounding churchyard visitors can see a War memorial of 1920.

Amongst the buildings in the village there is timber-framing and old stone walls, and in Laughton Common, the older part of the village there still exists miners cottages from the turn of the 20th century. The pub in this area of Laughton is called "The Gallows" and is sited on Hangman's Lane, close to the crossroads. A few hundred years ago, murderers and other felons, were often hung at gallows erected either in the village square or at its crossroads, quite possibly the name of the pub commemorates this period in Laughton's history.

The villages other two pubs are the pretty whitewashed red tiled buildings of the St. Leger Arms and the Hatfield Arms, both named for the family that gave their name to the historic horserace the St. Leger.

A stroll around the village often reveals much of its former history, Castle Hill is where a 5th century motte and bailey castle once stood, and Old Hall Road with its sedate bungalow's quite possibly occupies what was once the landscape of a grand hall. The village Main Street or High Street usually has the oldest concentration of housing, and sometimes the church.

Visitors will find plenty of interest in Laughton, it is surrounded by rolling countryside with the splendid 12th century remains of Roche Abbey lying just a couple of miles away and is close to the beautiful Rother Valley, one of the most highly scenic regions of the south Yorkshire landscape.

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Recommended attractions near Laughton en le Morthen

Roche Abbey	(1.9 miles, 3.1 km, direction NE)	Pictures
Anston Stones Wood	(3.1 miles, 4.9 km, direction SE)	Pictures
Langold Country Park	(3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction E)	Pictures
Ulley Country Park	(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction W)	Pictures
Rother Valley Country Park	(5.4 miles, 8.6 km, direction SW)	Pictures
Thrybergh Country Park	(5.9 miles, 9.4 km, direction NW)	Pictures
Catcliffe Flash LNR	(6.1 miles, 9.7 km, direction W)	Pictures
Whitwell Wood	(6.2 miles, 9.9 km, direction S)	Pictures
Conisbrough Castle	(6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction N)	Pictures
Sprotbrough Flash Nature Reserve	(8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction N)	Pictures
Dearne Valley	(9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction NW)	Pictures
Cusworth Hall & Museum	(10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction N)	Pictures
Clumber Country Park	(10.1 miles, 16.3 km, direction SE)	Pictures
Doncaster Minster	(10.2 miles, 16.4 km, direction N)	Pictures
The Winter Gardens	(10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction W)	Pictures

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Recommended towns near Laughton en le Morthen

Maltby, in the county of South Yorkshire (2.6 miles, 4.2 km, direction N)
The town was mentioned in the Doomsday Book, and several historic properties can be found in the region from shortly after this time, of these, of particular note are the handsome ruins of Roche Abbey, a Cistercian foundation of 1147.
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Stainton, in the county of South Yorkshire (3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction NE)
This picturesque South Yorkshire village was mentioned in the Doomsday Book, but there is considerable evidence that it existed as a settlement long before 1086.
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Braithwell, in the county of South Yorkshire (4.0 miles, 6.4 km, direction N)
Braithwell lies at the centre of a largely rural community, the surrounding landscape is mostly of farms and leafy lanes siding fields full of grazing cattle and sheep.
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Whiston, in the county of South Yorkshire (4.6 miles, 7.3 km, direction W)
Whiston is surrounded by fine countryside, leafy lanes lead towards Morthen and Wickersley.
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Tickhill, in the county of South Yorkshire (5.3 miles, 8.5 km, direction NE)
This is a pleasant, somewhat sprawling village lying in rural countryside a short distance from the market town of Maltby
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Thrybergh, in the county of South Yorkshire (5.9 miles, 9.5 km, direction NW)
Thrybergh is a pretty South Yorkshire village with a history stretching back to the time of the Doomsday Book, for centuries it was little more than a small rural village with scattered housing and farms.
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Wadworth, in the county of South Yorkshire (6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction NE)
This is a pleasant South Yorkshire village lying in lush countryside a few miles from the city of Rotherham.
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Worksop, in the county of Nottinghamshire (6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction SE)
The dense spread of Worksop in Nottinghamshire meets with some seriously picturesque countryside, it is fortunate to be ringed by two rivers, the Clumber which borders Clumber Country Park, and the River Ryton.
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Rotherham, in the county of South Yorkshire (6.6 miles, 10.7 km, direction NW)
This town was formerly a Saxon market town which remained largely unaltered until the Industrial Revolution.
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Sprotbrough, in the county of South Yorkshire (8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction N)
Sprotbrough lies in the valley of the River Don, it is a lovely rural location with fertile fields and meadows leading from leafy lanes whose hedgerows are full of wild plants and flowers.
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Doncaster, in the county of South Yorkshire (10.1 miles, 16.3 km, direction N)
Doncaster lies in what was once a great sweep of Yorkshire coalfields. It is home to one of the finest racecourses in the country where the classic St.Leger Stakes has been run each September since 1776, making the race four years older than the Derby.
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Sheffield, in the county of South Yorkshire (10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction W)
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Bolsover, in the county of Derbyshire (11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction S)
Bolsover is a small town lying 5 miles east of Chesterfield. It occupies a picturesque valley setting, watched over by 17th century Bolsover Castle which stands on the site of a former fortress of Norman times.
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Sutton Scarsdale, in the county of Derbyshire (13.0 miles, 20.9 km, direction SW)
This is a village noted for the romantic ruins of what was once one of the grandest houses in Derbyshire.
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Gringley on the Hill, in the county of Nottinghamshire (13.4 miles, 21.5 km, direction E)
This charming hill-top village lies in spacious countryside close to the Chesterfield Canal. It shows an abundance of picturesque red-brick properties including out lying farms with ancient barns and dovecotes.
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Nearby travel help

M1 Junction 32	(2.7 miles, 4.4 km, direction W)
M18 Junction 1	(2.9 miles, 4.7 km, direction NW)
Kiveton Park Station	(3.6 miles, 5.8 km, direction S)
Kiveton Bridge Station	(3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction SW)
Sheffield City Airport	(6.8 miles, 11.0 km, direction W)
Leeds Bradford International Airport	(37.9 miles, 61.0 km, direction NW)
Laughton en le Morthen to London	(137.7 miles, 221.6 km, direction S)

Hotels & Accommodation in Laughton en le Morthen

Hotel Name	Approximate distance from Laughton en le Morthen center
The Red Lion Inn	(2.7 miles, 4.4 km, direction SW)
Hellaby Hall	(2.9 miles, 4.6 km, direction N)
Restover Lodge Hotel	(3.0 miles, 4.9 km, direction NW)
Stonecroft Hotel	(3.5 miles, 5.6 km, direction NW)
Best Western Elton Hotel	(3.5 miles, 5.6 km, direction NW)
Aston Hall Hotel	(3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction SW)
Days Inn Hotel Sheffield South	(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction SW)
Holiday Inn Rotherham Sheffield	(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction W)
Carlton Park Hotel Rotherham/Sheffield	(5.9 miles, 9.5 km, direction W)
Best Western Charnwood Hotel	(5.9 miles, 9.6 km, direction E)
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