Langford, Nottinghamshire

Langford is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 4 miles north-east of Newark-on-Trent and two miles East from The River Trent. Population details are included in the civil parish of Holme. It is based on A1133 which comes off of the A46. Although Langford is currently located two miles from The River Trent it has not always been this way. In '1575 there was a cataclysmic flood' which altered the course of the Trent which meant Langford and Holme were now on the same side of the river. Before this change in the rivers course the Trent used to flow next to St Bartholomew's church and Holme was on the opposite side of the bank.John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wale (1870–72) portrays Langford as follows:‘Langford, a parish in Newark district, Notts; on the Newark and Lincoln railway, and on the Fosse way, near the river Trent. and near the boundary with Lincolnshire, 3 miles NNE of Newark r. station. Post-town, Newark. Acres, 2,182. Real property, £2,471. Pop., 161. Houses, 24. The manor and most of the land belong to Lord Middleton. Langford House is the seat of T. A. F. Burnaby, Esq. Bricks are made. A Roman settlement was here. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Holme, in the diocese of Lincoln. The church is a plain building, with a tower.’PopulationAt the time of the 2001 census, the most recent census data available for Langford, it had a population of 100 with 37 households. This is less than in previous centuries – in 1801 it was 124, 1811 was 118, 1821 was 147, etc. Until 1901, 145 (at that time the village had its own school with two teachers) there was a 20% decrease in the population. There was one more increase in the population in 1911 of 9% but there was then a steady decrease until 1960.

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