Langthorne

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Langthorne
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West Farm, by Langthorne
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Langthorne
Location within North Yorkshire
Population60 
OS grid reference SE251915
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Bedale
Postcode district DL8
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
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UK
England
Yorkshire
54°19′08″N1°36′53″W / 54.31878°N 1.61464°W / 54.31878; -1.61464

Langthorne is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. [1] Like many settlements in the area during the time of the Domesday Book, the land belonged to Count Alan and had just three villagers registered as living there. [2] The name of the village means Tall Thorn-Bush (or tree) and derives from the Old English Lang and þorn. [3]

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The population was estimated to be 60 in 2015. [4] It is near Hackforth and the A1(M) motorway 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Bedale.

The hamlet used to have two places of worship; the Anglican church was dedicated to St Mary, and the other religious house was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel. Both buildings are now private dwellings. [5]

"A Brief and Recent History of Langthorne" was published in May 2021 following a community project. It is also available online at www.langthornevillage.com

See also

References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 99 Northallerton & Ripon (Pateley Bridge & Leyburn) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN   9780319231593.
  2. Powell-Smith, Anna. "Langthorne | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  3. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 287. OCLC   1228215388.
  4. "Population Estimates" (PDF). North Yorkshire County Council. 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2019. In the 2011 census the population was included with the parish of Patrick Brompton and not counted separately.
  5. Lloyd, Chris (28 February 2020). "Would ewe believe it?". Darlington and Stockton Times. No. 9–2019. p. 50. ISSN   2516-5348.