The villages name means 'Leaxa's farm/settlement' or 'Lax's farm/settlement'. The village was rebuilt by George Freke Evans, as a
model village to designs by
Humphry Repton. The church, dedicated to All Saints, was largely rebuilt in 1867 but retains a late 13th-century tower. All Saints' Church is Grade II* listed.
Lord Carbery of Laxton Hall was an amateur carver who prepared designs for the
19th-century restoration and carved the pulpit and other features.
1960 Vickers Valiant crash Vickers Valiant XD864 of
7 Squadron at
RAF Honington, took off from
RAF Wittering on 12 August 1960 at 10.30am, and crashed near the village at 10.38. The victims were • Flt Lt Brian Wickham aged 38, pilot • Flt Lt Arthur Ireson aged 30, navigator, who lived at
Bardwell, Suffolk, but from
Bexleyheath • Flt Lt Harry Bullen aged 39, map plotter • Flt Lt William Howard aged 29, co-pilot, had a wife and two sons aged 4 and 2; he had been living at
RAF Langtoft in south Lincolnshire • Sgt Roy Johnson aged 27 The plane was thought to be trying to land at
RAF Spanhoe. Fire vehicles arrived from Corby, and two Rutland engines from Oakham and Uppingham. Four of the crew had their joint funeral service at
Great Livermere church on 16 August 1960; the service was attended by the station commanders of Wittering (
Leonard Trent), Wyton and Honington; the three officers were cremated in Ipswich, and Sgt Johnson was buried at All Saints',
Honington, Suffolk; his wife, and her parents, lived at
Hellesdon in Norwich. == Laxton Hall ==