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Langley
Langley may refer to: People * Langley (surname), a common English surname, including a list of notable people with the name * Dawn Langley Simmons (1922–2000), English author and biographer * Langley Wakeman Collyer (1885–1947), one of the Collyer brothers * Langley Fox (born 1989), American illustrator and model * Lang Hancock (1909–1992) Australian iron ore magnate * Langley Kirkwood (born 1973), South African actor and triathlete * Langley Frank Willard Smith (1897–1917) Canadian flying ace Places Australia *Langley, Victoria Canada * Langley, British Columbia (district municipality), or Township of Langley, a district municipality in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia ** Fort Langley, a community in the Township of Langley, historically referred to simply as "Langley" * Langley, British Columbia (city), or City of Langley, is a separately incorporated urban municipality encompassed by the Township of Langley *Langley (federal electoral district), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley (surname)
Langley is a habitational surname from any of the numerous places named with Old English ''lang'' (meaning ‘long’) + ''lēah'' (meaning ‘wood’ or ‘glade’) List of people with this surname *A. DeWade Langley, American police officer *Ambrose Langley (1870–1937), English football manager *Anthony Langley (born 1954) British businessman *Arthur Langley, previously Arthur Longbottom (footballer) (born 1933), English football manager *Batty Langley (1696–1751), English garden designer *Bob Langley (born 1939), English TV presenter *Brendan Langley (born 1994), American football player *Brian Langley, American politician *Bruno Langley (born 1983), English actor *Chris Langley (born 1980), English rugby league player *Clint Langley (born 1970), English comic-book artist *Desmond Langley (1930–2008), English army officer *Donna Langley, Donna Langley-Shamshiri (born 1968), British movie executive and Chairwoman of Universal Pictures *Dorothy Langley (1904–1969), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley, Yarnscombe
Langley was a historic estate in the parish of Yarnscombe, Devon, situated one mile north-east of the village of Yarnscombe. It was long the seat of a junior branch of the Pollard family of Way in the parish of St Giles in the Wood, Devon, 3 miles to the south. Descent de Langley A family of this name is not recorded in surviving records, however Richard Langley of Bawley in the parish of Braunton, Devon, may have been an ancestor of Emma Doddiscombe, wife of John I Pollard of Way (see below). Britton According to Risdon (d. 1640), the family of Britton held Langley at time unspecified. On the failure of the male line, a daughter of the family brought Langley to her husband Roger Pollard "who planted himself so firmly in this place that his posterity have hitherto possessed the same". Pollard The descent of the Pollard family of Langley is as follows: John I Pollard of Way John I Pollard of Way, who married Emma Doddiscombe, one of the five daughters and co-heiress of Sir Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley Chapel
Langley Chapel is an Anglican church, built in 1601, located in a remote area (the parish of Ruckley and Langley) approximately 1.5 miles to the south of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England. It is now in the care of English Heritage, and is notable for having a complete set of original 17th-century wooden furniture, and its lack of a chancel, in line both with its small size and Protestant attitudes to worship. It is one of the few new churches built in England in the Elizabethan period. Despite being built at the start of the 17th century, the east window tracery is in a simplified Gothic style, though the doorways are in plain vernacular styles, one with a flat lintel and another round-headed. The window on the north side is also plain and rectangular. It is a Grade I listed building. Built on the site of an earlier medieval chapel, it provided worship for the nearby Langley Hall, whose ruins are contained within a nearby private farm. The Chapel was built with wooden box p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley, Shropshire
Ruckley and Langley is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is centred on the hamlets of Ruckley and Langley. The population at the 2011 census can be found under Frodesley. It is situated south of Acton Burnell and west of Kenley.Ordnance Survey mapping Langley Chapel, in Langley, is a small church, built in 1601, and now owned by English Heritage English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts and country houses. The charity states that i .... References Civil parishes in Shropshire Villages in Shropshire {{Shropshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley, Oxfordshire
Leafield is a village and civil parish about northwest of Witney in West Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Langley, west of Leafield village. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 945. The village is above sea level in the Cotswold Hills. It was the highest point in Oxfordshire until the 1974 county boundary changes enlarged the county. Archaeology There are a number of tumuli in the parish, including Leafield Barrow, locally called Barry's Hill Tump, on top of the hill just to the north of the village. Leafield Barrow also has archaeological evidence for being the site of a medieval motte-and-bailey castle called Leafield Castle. The castle would be situated at a position in the village which would have given it a commanding view of the settlement. There are visible earthworks present which would add to the castle's defensive capability. The castle is believed to form a similar shape to that of Ascot d'Oilly Castle. History The parish is within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley Castle
Langley Castle is a restored medieval tower house, now operated as a hotel, situated in the village of Langley in the valley of the River South Tyne some south of Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building. Details It was built in the middle of the 14th century by Sir Thomas de Lucy as a great H plan H-shaped tower of four storeys. Before this the site was the seat of the Barons of Tynedale in the 12th century, from whom descend the Tyndall family. It was attacked and severely damaged in 1405 by the forces of Henry IV in the campaign against the Percys and Archbishop Scrope. It remained as a ruin until it was bought and restored by a local historian, Cadwallader Bates, in 1882. Bates died in 1902 and his wife Josephine continued the restoration. After she died in 1932 the building remained empty until it was used as a barracks in the Second World War, following which it was used as a girls' school. In the 1980s, it was bought by the Robb famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley, Northumberland
Langley or Langley-on-Tyne is a small village in Northumberland, England, located to the west of Hexham. The village is on the A686 about south of Haydon Bridge. The skyline of Langley on Tyne is still dominated by the lead smelting chimney with its underground flue leading to the old smelt works, now a sawmill, where the old tracks for the ore wagons can still be seen. There are currently just over 100 residents. Governance Langley is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham, Guy Opperman of the Conservative Party is the Member of Parliament. For Local Government purposes it belongs to Northumberland County Council a unitary authority, with Langley lying in the ''Tynedale Division''. Prior to the 2009 structural changes to local government in England it was part of Tynedale Council. Landmarks Langley Castle is a restored medieval tower house, and a Grade I listed building. It was built in the middle of the 14th century as a great H-shaped tower of four storeys. Bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley, Kent
Langley is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Maidstone (borough), Maidstone District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the A274 road leading south from Maidstone to Headcorn . History Langley is a common English place-name, from the Old English ''lang leah'' or ‘long field or woodland’. This village first appears in the records in 814 as Longanleag. The village church is dedicated to St Mary. Behind this church is a lake, which is possible place for the medieval judicial practice of trial by ordeal, trial by cold water. When a jury couldn't decide on a person's innocence, it was left to God to decide. If the accused floated they were guilty because the water rejected them. If they sank, the water accepted them and thus were innocent. As is often thought it is not if they drowned, but the result was drowning in some cases. It had to be close to the church because the water would be holy. Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery exhibits articles exc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley, Hertfordshire
Langley is a hamlet and civil parish in the non-metropolitan district of North Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire. The population was 175 in the 2011 census. It is located four miles south of Hitchin, on the B656 road near the large town of Stevenage. Minsden Chapel lies within the parish. Prior to 1894, Langley and neighbouring Preston were part of the parish of Hitchin, together forming a long salient to the south of the town itself. Langley and Preston became separate civil parishes as a result of the Local Government Act 1894, with effect from the first parish meeting on 4 December 1894.Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) Langley civil parish was then included in the Hitchin Rural District between 1894 and 1974, when it became part of North Hertfordshire. Governance North Hertfordshire District Council Langley is located within the local government district of North Hertfordshire and within the Ward of Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo. Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley, Hampshire
Langley is a small village in the civil parish of Fawley in Hampshire, England. History The name Langley means "long wood/clearing". Langley is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was held by Hugh of St Quentin. In 1372 John Baron of South Langley and Julia his wife held a message and land in South Langley. Thence the tenement passed indirectly to Richard Goolde and his wife Joan in 1413. John Ludlowe held the land in 1482. In 1500 the right of the Ludlowes to hold the manor (here so-called for the first time) was fiercely disputed in the Court of Chancery by one William Fletcher. The Ludlowes evidently won, for in 1609 Sir Edward Ludlowe sold the manor of Langley to Sir Walter Longe. This united the manor of Langley to the manors of Cadlands (now beneath Fawley Refinery) and Holbury, all three following the same descent henceforward. One part of the merged estate eventually became Langley Farm held by the Stanley family at the beginning of the 20th century. The modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley, Greater Manchester
Langley is an suburb near Middleton, Greater Manchester, England, southwest of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester city centre. Langley is an overspill estate, created in the 1950s for Manchester City Council. Families moved into the new housing from the slum clearance areas of Manchester, the eventual population of about 25,000 doubling that of Middleton. All the street names are adopted from different areas of the Lake District. In 1990, Langley estate was the focus of a satanic panic and in 2006 twelve of the now-adult victims sued Rochdale Council for compensation. The Ken Loach film ''Raining Stones'' was filmed in and around Langley in 1993. File:Wood Street, Langley.jpg, A street in Langley with council homes built by Manchester City Council Manchester City Council is the local authority for Manchester, a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. Manchester is the sixth largest city in England by population. Its city council is composed of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
