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OS grid reference
  
SE797671

Country
  
England

Post town
  
MALTON

Shire county
  
North Yorkshire

UK parliament constituency
  
Thirsk and Malton

Civil parish
  
Langton

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Sunday 2:05 PM

District
  
Ryedale

Langton, North Yorkshire

Region
  
Yorkshire and the Humber

Weather
  
14°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 71% Humidity

Langton is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) south from the market town of Malton. The population at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Birdsall, North Yorkshire.

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Map of Langton, UK

Langton Hall was the home of Woodleigh School, an independent preparatory school founded in 1929 by the educationalist Arthur England, from 1946 until the school's closure in 2012. There is also a small state primary school, Langton Community School with around 80 pupils.

The village was historically the seat of the Norcliffe family. Their former home, Langton Hall, now owned by their descendants, the Howard-Vyse family, and leased to Woodleigh School until 2012, is a Grade II listed building.

In 1823 Langton was a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the Wapentake of Buckrose. The parish church, dedicated to St Andrew, and the parish living was under the patronage of the King. Population at the time was 280. Occupations included five farmers, two grocers, a tailor & draper, a butcher, a shoemaker, a schoolmaster, a parish constable, and the landlord of Horse Shoes public house who was also a blacksmith. A Major and Mrs Northcliffe were resident at the Hall.

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    Langton, North Yorkshire Wikipedia