Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LANGTOFT

LANGTOFT, a village and a parish in Bourn district, Lincoln. The village stands near Car-dyke, 2 miles NW by N of Market-Deeping, and 3 E of Tallington r. station; and is well built. The post-town is Market-Deeping. The parish comprises 2,520 acres. Real property, £4,900. Pop., 7 46. Houses, 167. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Lord Aveland. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £300. * Patron, Lord Aveland. The church is ancient; was recently restored; has a tower and fine spire; and contains two ancient monuments of the Hydes. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a Church of England school, and charities £16.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Langtoft CP/AP       Bourne RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Langtoft

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