Langley may refer to:
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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
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, a common English surname, including a list of notable people with the name
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Dawn Langley Simmons
Dawn Langley Pepita Simmons (probably 1922 – 18 September 2000) was a prolific English author and biographer. Born as Gordon Langley Hall, Simmons lived her first decades as a male. As a young adult, she became close to British actress Dame M ...
(1922–2000), English author and biographer
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Elizabeth Langley (born 1933), Canadian performer, choreographer, teacher and dramaturge
* Langley Wakeman Collyer (1885–1947), one of the
Collyer brothers
Homer Lusk Collyer (November 6, 1881March 21, 1947) and Langley Wakeman Collyer (October 3, 1885), known as the Collyer brothers, were two American brothers who became infamous for their bizarre natures and compulsive hoarding. The two lived ...
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Langley Fox (born 1989), American illustrator and model
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Langley "Lang" Hancock (1909–1992) Australian iron ore magnate
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Langley Kirkwood (born 1973), South African actor and triathlete
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Langley Frank Willard Smith
Langley Frank Willard Smith (15 August 1897 – 12 June 1917) was a Canadian Flying Ace in World War I credited with 8 victories.O'Connor, M. ''Airfields & Airmen of the Channel Coast''. Pen & Sword Military, 2005. p. 46 .
Background
Smith was b ...
(1897–1917) Canadian
flying ace
A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied, but is usually co ...
Places
Canada
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Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)
The Township of Langley is a district municipality immediately east of the City of Surrey in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It extends south from the Fraser River to the Canada–United States border, and west of the City of Abbotsford. ...
, Township of Langley – a district municipality in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia
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Fort Langley
Fort Langley is a village community in Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of approximately 3,400 people. It is the home of Fort Langley National Historic Site, a former fur trade post of the Hudson's Bay Company ...
, a community in the Township of Langley, historically referred to simply as "Langley"
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Langley, British Columbia (city)
The City of Langley, commonly referred to as Langley City, or just Langley, is a municipality in the Metro Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, Canada. It lies directly east of Surrey, adjacent to the Cloverdale area, and is surroun ...
, City of Langley – separately incorporated urban municipality encompassed by the Township of Langley
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Langley (electoral district)
Langley was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. It was a 327 ...
, a Canadian federal electoral district in British Columbia
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Langley (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district centred on Langley, British Columbia
United Kingdom
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Langley, Berkshire
Langley, also known as Langley Marish, is a suburb of Slough in Berkshire, South East England. It is east of the town centre of Slough, and west of Charing Cross in Central London. It was a separate civil parish until the 1930s, when the built ...
, also known as ''Langley Marish'' – formerly in Buckinghamshire
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Langley, Cheshire
Langley is a semi-rural village in civil parish of Sutton, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the River Bollin, near Macclesfield and Macclesfield Forest. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 554. ...
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Langley, Derbyshire
Heanor (/ˈhiːnə/) is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. It lies north-east of Derby and forms, with the adjacent village of Loscoe, the civil parish and town council-administered area of Heano ...
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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 ...
, Devon, former seat of the Pollard family
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Langley, Essex
''For the historic house in Essex called Langley's, see Great Waltham.''
Langley is a village and civil parish near Clavering in the English county of Essex, seven miles west-south-west of Saffron Walden.
Governance
There is a Langley Paris ...
also known as Langley Upper Green and Langley Lower Green
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Langley, Gloucestershire, a
location
In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...
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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 ho ...
, an area of Middleton
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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 S ...
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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 o ...
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Langley, Kent
Langley is a village and civil parish in the 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 lea ...
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Langley, Norfolk
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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 w ...
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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.
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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 leve ...
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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.Ordnan ...
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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 nota ...
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Langley, Somerset, a
location
In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...
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Langley, Surrey, a
location
In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...
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Langley, Warwickshire
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Langley, West Midlands, a
location
In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...
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Langley, West Sussex
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Langley Burrell
Langley Burrell is a village just north of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. It is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Langley Burrell Without which includes the hamlets of Peckingell (south of the village) and Kellaways (to the east on ...
, Wiltshire
United States
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Langley, Arkansas
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Mount Langley
Mount Langley is a mountain located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada, on the boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties in eastern California, in the United States. To the east is the Owens Valley, and to the west is the Kern River Valley. It ...
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Langley, Illinois
Langley is an unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Langley is located at the junction of U.S. Route 6, U.S. Route 34, and Illinois Route 40. Langley is east of Sheffield, Illinois, Sheffield ...
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Langley, Kansas
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Langley, Kentucky
Langley is an unincorporated community in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. It corresponds to the Maytown census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census B ...
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Langlee Island
Langlee Island or Langley Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island has a permanent size of , plus an intertidal zone of a further , and is composed of a massing of Roxbury puddi ...
, Massachusetts
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Langley, Oklahoma
Langley is a town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 819 at the 2010 census.
History
Langley, still located at its original site, is on State Highway 82 at the west end of the Pensacola Dam, which is on the National Reg ...
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Langley, Virginia
Langley is an unincorporated community in the census-designated place of McLean in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Langley is often used as a metonym for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), as it is home to its headquarters, the Geo ...
, an unincorporated community in the census-designated place of McLean in Fairfax County
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George Bush Center for Intelligence
The George Bush Center for Intelligence is the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency, located in the unincorporated community of Langley in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States; near Washington, D.C.
The headquarters is a conglo ...
, the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters
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Langley Research Center, NASA, Hampton, Virginia
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Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, Virginia
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Langley, Washington
Langley is a city in Island County, Washington, United States. It sits near the south end of Whidbey Island, overlooking the Saratoga Passage. It is the third largest incorporated area on Whidbey. The population was 1,035 at the 2010 census, ...
Elsewhere
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Langley, Vosges
Langley () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Vosges department
The following is a list of the 507 communes of the Vosges department of France.
The communes cooperate in the f ...
, a commune in the Vosges department, France
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Langley, Victoria
Langley is a locality in central Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the Shire of Mount Alexander, north west of the state capital, Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most popul ...
, Australia
Schools
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Langley Academy, Slough
The Langley Academy is an academy in Langley, east of Slough in Berkshire, south east England. It opened in September 2008, replacing the former Langleywood Secondary School. The building was designed by Foster and Partners, led by the architec ...
, Berkshire, England
* Langley College, fictional school in the American sitcom ''
The Facts of Life''
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Langley School (disambiguation) Langley School may refer to:
* Langley School, Loddon, Norfolk, England
* Langley School, Solihull, West Midlands, England
* Langley Grammar School, Berkshire, England
* Langley Secondary School, British Columbia, Canada
See also
* Langley (d ...
, several schools
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Langley High School (disambiguation) Langley High School may refer to:
*Langley High School (Fairfax County, Virginia), United States
*Langley High School, Oldbury, West Midlands, England
* Langley High School (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, United States
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* Langley School (disam ...
, several schools
Other uses
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Asuka Langley Soryu
is a fictional character from the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise created by Gainax. She first appears in the original anime series, and also appears in the franchise's animated feature films and related media, including video games, th ...
, a fictional character from Neon Genesis Evangelion series
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Langley (constructor)
Langley was an American racing car constructor. Langley cars competed in one FIA World Championship race - the 1950 Indianapolis 500
The 34th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Tuesday, May 30, 1950 ...
, a former racing car constructor
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Langley Covered Bridge, crosses the St. Joseph River near Centreville, Michigan
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Langley (crater), a lunar crater
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Langley (unit), a unit of measurement of solar radiation
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Langley extrapolation
Langley extrapolation is a method for determining the Sun's irradiance at the top of the atmosphere with ground-based instrumentation, and is often used to remove the effect of the atmosphere from measurements of, for example, aerosol optical thick ...
, a technique for measuring the Sun's radiance from ground-based instrumentation
*, several ships of the United States Navy
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RFA ''Fort Langley'' (A230), a stores ship
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Kington Langley, Wiltshire, England, a village
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Langley Green (disambiguation)
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Langley Mill
Langley Mill is a large village in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England.
History
Originally named ''Long Lea'', the village of Langley Mill was a major employer throughout the mid 1900s with many companies including The Flour Mi ...
, Derbyshire, England, a small town
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Langley Park (disambiguation) Langley Park may refer to places in:
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* Langley Park, Perth, an open space in the central business district of Perth
England
* Langley Park, Buckinghamshire, England, a stately home built by Stiff Leadbetter (1705–1766)
* Lan ...
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Langley Speedway (disambiguation)
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Langley Wood (disambiguation)
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