W. Laud (d. 1424) is in the chancel. At the east end of the nave can be found a floor slab to Ralph Ballel of 1730 with an oval panel with his arms and crest carved in relief. The parish register dates from 1538, with a complete list of parish incumbents from the 12th century – one entry relates to the execution of a witch in 1546. The living was a rectory with of glebe land. In 1583 John Whitgift, a former St Margaret's rector from 1572 to 1577 who had become Bishop of Worcester, was appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury by Queen Elizabeth I. He had been born in nearby Grimsby in 1530. St Margaret's is in The Laceby and Ravendale Group of churches, in the Deanery of Haverstoe and the Diocese of Lincoln. With St Margaret's, the Group includes St Andrew's at Irby upon Humber, and St Mary's at Hatcliffe. In 2013 the church held its 124th annual church garden party. References External links St Margaret's, Laceby Church of England website St Margaret's, Laceby, Facebook page Church of England church buildings in Lincolnshire English Gothic architecture in Lincolnshire Grade I listed churches in Lincolnshire Borough of North East Lincolnshire 10th-century church buildings in England 10th-century establishments in England