Langton by Wragby

Langton by Wragby

St Giles' Church, Langton by Wragby
Langton by Wragby
 Langton by Wragby shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF147770
    London 125 mi (201 km)  S
DistrictEast Lindsey
Shire countyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Market Rasen
Postcode district LN8
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentGainsborough
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Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°16′39″N 0°16′51″W / 53.277609°N 0.280896°W / 53.277609; -0.280896

Langton by Wragby is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east from Wragby, and on the A158 Horncastle road. The population is included in the civil parish of Hatton.

Langton Wood is a small, previously extra-parochial area, now included in the parish.[1]

The church is dedicated to St Giles, and is of 14th-century origin, although it was rebuilt in 1866. It is a Grade II listed building.[2][3]

Langton Court is the former vicarage, now a house, built in the middle of the 18th century with some 19th-century additions. It is a Grade II listed building.[4][5]

The early 13th-century Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton, was the son of Henry Langton of Langton by Wragby, and may have been born in a moated farmhouse west of the church.[6]

References

  1. "Langton by Wragby"; Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2011
  2. "St Giles' Church, Langton by Wragby". Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  3. "Church of St Giles, Langton By Wragby". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  4. "Langton Court, Langton by Wragby". Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  5. "Langton Court, Langton By Wragby". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  6. Holdsworth, Christopher: Stephen Langton, Oxford Online Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
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