Great Langton, North Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Description

Langton, Great, or Langton-upon-Swale, a township and a parish in the N.R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Swale, 3 miles NW of Ainderby railway station, and 5½ NW by W of Northallerton, and has a post office under Northallerton; money order office, Scorton; telegraph office, Kirby Fleetham. Acreage, 854 of land and 18 of water; population, 99. The parish contains also the township of Little Langton, and comprises 1878 acres, of which 35 are water; population, 168. The living is a rectory in the dio-eese of Ripon; gross value, £285 with residence. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of York. The church is a plain but good edifice, without a tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

Church Records

Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Great Langton:

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Great Langton are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• 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 North Riding newspapers online:

• York Herald
• Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough
• Yorkshire Gazette
• Yorkshire Evening Press
• Whitby Gazette