Country: | England |
Official Name: | Langton Long Blandford |
Coordinates: | 50.8528°N -2.1457°W |
Static Image Name: | The Old Rectory, Langton Long - geograph.org.uk - 1317414.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The Old Rectory |
Map Type: | Dorset |
Unitary England: | Dorset |
Shire County: | Dorset |
Post Town: | Blandford Forum |
Postcode Area: | DT |
Postcode District: | DT11 |
Constituency Westminster: | North Dorset |
Region: | South West England |
Os Grid Reference: | ST897059 |
Population: | 130 |
Population Ref: | [1] |
Langton Long Blandford, often abbreviated to Langton Long or just Langton, is a small village and civil parish in Dorset in southern England. It is sited by the River Stour, approximately NaN1NaN1 southeast of Blandford Forum. In the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 130 people in 50 households.[1]
Forming the southeastern line of the parish boundary is an old track linking prehistoric Buzbury Rings, on nearby Keyneston Hill, to a ford over the river.[2] [3]
St Leonards farmhouse used to house a leper hospital.[2]
The parish church was rebuilt in 1862.[2]