Little_Langford

Little Langford

Little Langford

Human settlement in England

Little Langford is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Steeple Langford, in Wiltshire, England. Its nearest town is Wilton, about 5 miles (8.0 km) to the southeast. It is in the Wylye valley, to the south of the river; the grass fields adjacent to the river were traditionally flood meadows. In 1931 the parish had a population of 64.[1] On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Steeple Langford.[2]

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In 1086, the Domesday Book survey recorded estates held by Wilton Abbey, Glastonbury Abbey and Edward of Salisbury.[3]

In 1990, the Wilton estate of the Earl of Pembroke owned nearly all the land in the former parish.[3]

Notable sights

Church of St Nicholas of Mira
Little Langford Farm

The Anglican Church of St Nicholas of Mira is Grade II* listed.[4] It dates from the 12th century and was rebuilt in 1864 by T. H. Wyatt,[5] reusing a 12th-century doorway on the south side of the nave.[6] Alexander Hyde, later Bishop of Salisbury, was rector from 1634.[7]

Little Langford farmhouse (c. 1858) has a Victorian Gothic entrance tower, lancet windows, and crenellations.[8]

Just to the south of the village lies the Iron Age hill-fort of Grovely Castle.

References

  1. [1]
    "Population statistics Little Langford CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Relationships and changes Little Langford CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  3. [3]
    Baggs, A P; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H (1995). Crowley, D A (ed.). "Victoria County History – Wiltshire – Vol 15 pp178-183 – Parishes: Little Langford". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  4. [4]
    Historic England. "Church of St Nicholas of Mira, Steeple Langford (1284230)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Church of St. Nicholas, Little Langford". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  6. [6]
    "St Nicholas, Little Langford, Wiltshire". Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture. King's College London. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  7. [7]
    Bradley, Emily Tennyson (1891). "Hyde, Alexander" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  8. [8]
    Historic England. "Manor Farmhouse, Little Langford (1146235)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
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