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The Ancient Parish of GREAT LANGTON
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"GREAT LANGTON, a parish in the wapentake of Gilling East, and liberty of Richmondshire; 6 miles NW. of Northallerton; pleasantly situated on the banks of the Swale. The church living is a rectory, in the patronage of the Duke of Leeds of which the Rev. Francis Drake D. D. is the resident incumbent. Population, 116.The few houses here that give name to the parish are situated so near the brink of the river Swale, that they are frequently in danger of being swept away. The church stands about a quarter of a mile from the village."
"LANGTON LODGE, (the seat of Francis Redfearn, Esq.) in the parish of Great Langton, township of Little Langton and wapentake of Gilling East."
"LITTLE LANGTON, in the parish of Great Langton, wapentake of Gilling East, and liberty of Richmondshire; 1¼ miles SSE. of Great Langton, 5 miles WNW. of Northallerton. Redfearn Francis Esq. of the lodge is the principal inhabitant. Pop. 86."
[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
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- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Wilfrid's Church, Great Langton. (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- Internal view looking down the aisle
- The former Mission Chapel of the good Shepherd, Great Langton, now a private dwelling. (With short history).
- St. Wilfrid's Church, Great Langton. (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- Transcript of the entry for Great Langton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Great Langton.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Great Langton to another place.
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
- For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
- Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE295964 (Lat/Lon: 54.362274, -1.547525), Great Langton which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The War Memorial opposite Church Lane entrance, Great Langton.
- This parish is covered by the following Society: