Langtoft is a small village and

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in the

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, England. It is situated north of

Driffield Driffield, also known as Great Driffield, is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The civil parish is formed by the town of Driffield and the village of Little Driffield. By road, it is north-east of Leeds ...

town centre, and on the

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between Driffield and Foxholes. According to the

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, Langtoft parish had a population of 492, an increase on the

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figure of 457.

Toponymy

The name ''Langtoft'' is derived from Old Norse ''langr'' or Old English ''lang'' 'long' and Old Norse ''topt'' 'site of a house'. It has etymological

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with Langtoft, Lincolnshire and

Lanquetot Lanquetot () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village in the Pays de Caux, some northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D9015, D30 and D109 roads. Heraldry Pop ...

(

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, ''Languetot'' 12th century).

History

In 1823 Langtoft was a civil parish in the

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of Dickering and the

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of St Peter's. Population at the time was 416. Occupations included thirteen farmers, two butchers, three shoemakers, two tailors, two grocers, a

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, a corn miller, a stonemason, and the

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s of the George & Dragon and Nelson

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s. Carriers operated between the village and Driffield once a week. The chronicler

Pierre de Langtoft Peter Langtoft, also known as Peter of Langtoft ( fro, Piers de Langtoft; died 1305) was an English historian and chronicler who took his name from the small village of Langtoft in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Langtoft was an Augustinian canon ...

took his name from the village. Also resident in the village during the same era was Margaret De Langtoft, who later became one of the five nuns that formed the Sisterhood of

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. In the centre of the village is the village green which was a pond, and is still referred to as such by some. There is a monument to the villagers who died in the two World Wars. The village was flooded in 1657 and 1892. A plaque on the corner of Back Street and Front Street commemorates the floods with the words: "In commemoration of the great flood of Langtoft April 10th 1657 Height of flood unknown. Also the great flood of Langtoft July 3rd 1892 Height of flood 7½ feet." Front Street floods to a minor extent during heavy rain. In 2007 the 'pond' flooded causing closure of the road.

Amenities

The church dedicated to St Peter was designated a Grade I

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in 1968 and is now recorded in the

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, maintained by

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. The village

is The Ship Inn which closed in 2015 due to lack of village support. The village shop closed in 2007, and the

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in 2004. Some small businesses are present in the village.

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is available through a scheme to connect all

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villages by

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. Broadband is also available over

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using

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in a project started before

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was made available. There used to be a primary school, which closed in July 2013. There is a school-bus service to nearby schools. The village has grown over the past few years with new houses being built. An estate development, however, has currently halted as the site is for sale. The previous developer ran out of money.

References

* {{authority control Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire