Langton Long Dorset Family History Guide

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Langton Long is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Other places in the parish include: Thorncomb, Littleton Manor, and Thorncombe.

Alternative names: Langton Long Blandford

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1591
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1739

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LANGTON-LONG-BLANDFORD, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; on the river Stour, 1 mile SE of Blandford r. station. Post-town, Blandford. Acres, 1,808. Real property, £2,503. Pop., 174. Houses, 37. The property is divided among a few.

The manor, with Langton House, belongs to J. J. Farquharson, Esq. A lepers’ hospital was in the parish before the time of Edward I.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £379. Patron, J. J. Farquharson, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1864, at a cost of about £3,000; is in the later English style, cruciform, of flint with stone bands; and has a pinnacled tower, 57 feet high.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Dorset, Langton-Long-Blandford – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Langton-Long-Blandford, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Dorset, Langton-Long-Blandford – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Langton-Long-Blandford, 1739-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Langton-Long-Blandford (Dorsetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1636-1887
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Langton-Long-Blandford (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Langton-Long-Blandford, 1591-1995
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Langton-Long-Blandford (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, Langton-Long-Blandford – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Surveyors’ accounts, 1769-1836
Author: Langton-Long-Blandford (Dorset)

Administration

  • County: Dorset
  • Civil Registration District: Blandford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Pimperne
  • Poor Law Union: Blandford
  • Hundred: Pimperne
  • Province: Canterbury