Langton Long Blandford
village in Dorset, England, UK
Langton Long Blandford, often abbreviated to Langton Long or just Langton, is a small village and civil parish in Dorset in southern England. It is sited by the River Stour, approximately 3⁄4 mile (1.2 kilometres) southeast of Blandford Forum. In the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 130 people in 50 households.
Forming the southeastern line of the parish boundary is an old track linking prehistoric Buzbury Rings, on nearby Keyneston Hill, to a ford over the river.
St Leonards farmhouse used to house a leper hospital.
The parish church was rebuilt in 1862.
“Langton Long Blandford” enters the record as village in Dorset, England, UK. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Langton, Long and Blandford can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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