Langley is an suburb near

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, England, southwest of

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and northeast of

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. Langley is an overspill estate, created in the 1950s for

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. Families moved into the new housing from the

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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

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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

around the mid-20th century.

References

Middleton, Greater Manchester Areas of Greater Manchester Housing estates in Greater Manchester {{GreaterManchester-geo-stub