In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Langton Long Blandford like this:
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.
Langton Long Blandford through time
Langton Long Blandford is now part of North Dorset district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Dorset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Langton Long Blandford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Langton Long Blandford in North Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13683
Date accessed: 01st May 2024
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