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Langton Long Blandford

Coordinates: 50°51′10″N 2°08′45″W / 50.8528°N 2.1457°W / 50.8528; -2.1457
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Langton Long Blandford
The Old Rectory
Langton Long Blandford is located in Dorset
Langton Long Blandford
Langton Long Blandford
Location within Dorset
Population130 [1]
OS grid referenceST897059
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBlandford Forum
Postcode districtDT11
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°51′10″N 2°08′45″W / 50.8528°N 2.1457°W / 50.8528; -2.1457

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 34 mile (1.2 kilometres) southeast of Blandford Forum. In the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 130 people in 50 households.[1]

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.[2][3]

St Leonards farmhouse used to house a leper hospital.[2]

The parish church was rebuilt in 1862.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Parish Profiles". 2021 Census. nomis. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c North Dorset District Council (c. 1983). North Dorset Official District Guide. Home Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 37.
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale 'Pathfinder' map, sheet ST 80/90 (Blandford Forum), 1972