 St Lazarus Hospital, a leper hospital founded prior to 1180, was sited in Carlton-le-Moorland, and maintained by the Order of Saint Lazarus.It is not known when it closed.According to "England and the Crusades, 1095–1588", Nigel of Amundeville gave land at Carlton-le-Moorland to the brethren of the Order of Burton Lazars around 1242, probably because some of his family suffered from leprosy.