Langton Long Blandford, often abbreviated to Langton Long or just Langton, is a small village and civil parish in Dorset in southern England. It is sited by the River Stour, approximately 3⁄4 mile (1.2 kilometres) southeast of Blandford Forum. In the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 130 people in 50 households.[1]
Langton Long Blandford | |
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![]() The Old Rectory | |
Location within Dorset | |
Population | 130 [1] |
OS grid reference | ST897059 |
Unitary authority | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Blandford Forum |
Postcode district | DT11 |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Forming the southeastern line of the parish boundary is an old track linking prehistoric Buzbury Rings, on nearby Keyneston Hill, to a ford over the river.[2][3]
St Leonards farmhouse used to house a leper hospital.[2]
The parish church was rebuilt in 1862.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Parish Profiles". 2021 Census. nomis. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ a b c North Dorset District Council (c. 1983). North Dorset Official District Guide. Home Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 37.
- ^ Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale 'Pathfinder' map, sheet ST 80/90 (Blandford Forum), 1972