Langton Long Blandford

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Langton Long Blandford
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Langton Long Blandford
Location within Dorset
Population130  [1]
OS grid reference ST897059
Unitary authority
Ceremonial 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
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°51′10″N2°08′45″W / 50.8528°N 2.1457°W / 50.8528; -2.1457

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]

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

  1. 1 2 "Parish Profiles". 2021 Census. nomis. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 North Dorset District Council (c. 1983). North Dorset Official District Guide. Home Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 37.
  3. ↑ Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale 'Pathfinder' map, sheet ST 80/90 (Blandford Forum), 1972



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