A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Langton Long Blandford AP/CP Blandford RegD/PLU Dorset AncC |
| Place: | Langton Long Blandford |
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