Name | East Langton |
Alt names | Lagintone | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 160 | | Langetone | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 161 | | Langtone | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 161 |
Type | Township, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.533°N 0.933°W |
Located in | Leicestershire, England |
See also | Gartree Hundred, Leicestershire, England | hundred in which the parish was included | | Church Langton, Leicestershire, England | parish in which it was a chapelry | | Market Harborough Rural, Leicestershire, England | rural district, 1894 - 1974 | | Harborough District, Leicestershire, England | district municipality from 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
East Langton (derived from the Anglo-Saxon word for an enclosure, meaning "long town") is a village and civil parish in the Harborough District of southeast Leicestershire, England.
The parish also includes Church Langton. It is near Kibworth and Market Harborough, and the parish according to the 2011 census had a population of 393.
See also Church Langton, the original parish of the four current Langtons of the Harborough District.
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Categories: Leicestershire, England | East Langton, Leicestershire, England | Church Langton, Leicestershire, England | Gartree Hundred, Leicestershire, England | Market Harborough Rural, Leicestershire, England | Harborough District, Leicestershire, England
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