Langton near Horncastle, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Langton-near-Horncastle, a parish in Lincolnshire, 1½ mile SW of Horncastle station on the G.N.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Horncastle. Acreage, 695; population, 86. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; gross yearly value, £190 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church, dedicated to St Margaret, is a small building of stone consisting of chancel and nave, with a wooden belfry. It was restored in 1891. The parish of Woodhall Spa was formed out of portions of Langton, Woodhall, St Margaret, Thornton, Thimbleby, Martin, and Roughton. There are two endowed almshouses for two poor women.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Langton St. Margaret | |
| Poor Law union | Horncastle | |
| Wapentake | South Gartree |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Langton By Horncastle:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1753-1812 | 1753-1858 | 1754-1908 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Langton near Horncastle from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Langton (St. Margaret))
Maps
Online maps of Langton near Horncastle are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online: