Langham Hall was built in the 18th century in the Greek Revival style for the Reverend Rippinghall who also designed the house. The hall was used as a hospital by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.[3]
During the Second World War, much of the parish became RAF Langham which was used until 1961 mostly by RAF Coastal Command. Today, a dome used to trained air gunners still stands and is one of the few examples still left in the country.[4]
The former site of the airfield is the site of reputed haunting in which screaming, the sounds of aircraft crashing and ghostly USAAF servicemen have been heard or seen.[5]
Geography
According to the 2021 census, Langham had a population of 355 people, a decrease from the 372 people recorded in the 2011 census.[6]
Church of St. Andrew & St. Mary
Langham's parish church is jointly dedicated to Saint Andrew and Saint Mary and dates from the Fourteenth Century. The church is located on Holt Road and has been Grade I listed since 1959.[7] The church no longer holds Sunday service.[8]
St. Andrew's & St. Mary's features a stained-glass windows installed in the 1890s by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and a set of royal arms depicting those of Queen Anne which may be from an earlier reign.[9]
Langham's war memorial is a canopied set of tablets with a crucifix which was erected at the private expense of the resident of Langham Hall, who supposedly did not get along with the Rector of Langham Church who proposed a memorial in the churchyard.[10] The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:[11][12]
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