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Langford

Langford is a straggling and picturesque village above the Trent marsh, 3 miles north-north-east of Newark, comprehending within its parish 146 inhabitants and 1,430 acres of land, of the rateable value of £2,453. The church, dedicated to St Bartholomew, is a perpetual curacy, of the value of £40, in the appropriation and patronage of Trinity College, Cambridge. The Rev. Joseph Mayor is the incumbent, and has about 30 acres of glebe, purchased with Queen Anne's Bounty. The church was re-pewed in 1841, at a cost of £150, raised by subscription, to which Lord Mddleton, the sole owner and lord of the manor, was a liberal contributor. Langford Hall is a handsome, modern mansion, near the village, and is the seat of Alfred Haffenden Esq. Slingsby Duncombe Esq. sold this and Wigsthorpe estate in 1832 to Lord Middleton, till which period Mr Duncombe resided at Langford Hall.
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Census

• The parish was in the Newark Registration District.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew.
  
  
• The church was built in the 14th century.
  
  
• The church was reroofed in 1878.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1696 for baptisms and burials, and from 1698 for marriages. It is in fair condition.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Collingham.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Newark Registration District for Civil Registration.
  
  
• Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Langford is described, in 1881, as a "Scattered village" and a parish, near the River Trent, 3 miles north of Newark and 127 miles north of London.

This place was a Roman settlement.

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 8258.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordinance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Government

• This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham.
  
  
• The parish was in the northern division of the ancient Newark Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Newark Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	124
1851	146
1871	158
1881	167
1891	181
1901	145

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