Aslackby

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Aslackby
latitude= 52.861111
longitude= -0.389722
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shire_district= South Kesteven
shire_county= Lincolnshire
region= East Midlands
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os_grid_reference= TF083305
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Aslackby (pronounced Aze-ul-be) is a small village extending westwards from the A15 road in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, about halfway between Sleaford and Bourne. It is part of the civil parish of Aslackby and Laughton.

The village itself stands on a fairly complex pattern of strips of Jurassic clays and limestone but it is surrounded by chalky glacial till.

In the high medieval period it was a preceptory of the Knights Templar. Their local estates were managed from there so that the village included some fairly high-status buildings. However, with its transfer to the Hospitalers, they were no longer needed so after 700 years of disuse, little now remains.

The parish came closer to the centre of events again in the 1940s, when Folkingham Airfield was developed close to Temple Wood. It was from there that parts of Operation Market were flown.

External links

* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Aslackby/ Historical sources for Aslackby]
* [http://www.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/holland/aslackby.htm Aslackby St James Church] as seen from Australia