Langley
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Langley may refer to:
- Central Intelligence Agency, via metonym, based in Langley, Virginia
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[edit] Persons
- Langley (surname), a common English surname
[edit] Places
Langley is the name of several places:
[edit] Canada
- Langley, British Columbia (district municipality), a district municipality in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia
- Langley, British Columbia (city), an urban municipality next to the Township of Langley (separately incorporated)
- Langley (electoral district), a Canadian federal electoral district in British Columbia
- Langley (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district centred on Langley, British Columbia
[edit] England
[edit] Settlements
- Langley, Cheshire
- Langley, Derbyshire
- Langley, Essex
- Langley, Gloucestershire
- Langley, Hampshire
- Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire
- Kings Langley, Hertfordshire
- Langley, Hertfordshire
- Langley, Kent
- Langley with Hardley, Norfolk
- Langley Park, Norfolk (site of a private school)
- Langley, Northumberland
- Langley, Oxfordshire
- Langley, Greater Manchester, an area of Middleton
- Langley, Sandwell
- Langley, Berkshire, also known as Langley Marish - formerly in Buckinghamshire
- Langley, Shropshire
- Langley, Somerset
- Langley, Warwickshire
- Langley, West Midlands
- Langley, West Sussex
- Langley Burrell, Wiltshire
- Langley Common, Derbyshire
- Langley Heath, Kent
- Langley Green, West Sussex near Crawley in West Sussex, England
- Langley Green, Sandwell near Sandwell in the West Midlands of England
- Langley Lower Green, Essex
- Langley Upper Green, Essex
- Langley Mill, Derbyshire
- Langley Mill Pottery, a former pottery maker
[edit] Landmarks
- Langley Castle, in Northumberland, England, and its associated medieval Prescriptive Barony, originally held by the Tyndall family
- Langley Chapel in Shropshire, England, a preserved 17th century Anglican church
- Langley Park, Durham
- Langley Street, Norfolk
[edit] United States
- Langley, Arkansas
- Langley, Illinois
- Langley, Oklahoma
- Langley, South Carolina
- Langley, Washington
- Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia
- Langley Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Langley Covered Bridge, St. Joseph county, Michigan
- Langley Island (Maryland)
- Langlee Island
- Langley Park, Maryland
- Langley Research Center (NASA) in Hampton, Virginia
- Langley Street, Georgia
- Mt. Langley (California)
[edit] Other
- Langley, Vosges, a commune in the Vosges département
- Langley Park (Western Australia)
[edit] Schools
- Langley School, Loddon in Norfolk, England
- Langley High School (Oldbury) in Oldbury, England
- Langley Grammar School in Berkshire, England
- Langley Academy, Slough in Berkshire, England
- Langley High School (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, United States
- Langley High School (Fairfax County, Virginia), in McLean, Virginia, United States
- Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School, Middleton, Manchester, England (named after Cardinal Thomas Langley)
- Langley Secondary School, in Langley, British Columbia, Canada
[edit] Other
- langley (unit), a unit of measurement of solar radiation
- Langley extrapolation, a technique for measuring the Sun's radiance from ground-based instrumentation
- The Langley Schools Music Project, a recording
- Langley (constructor), a former racing car constructor
- Langley (crater), a lunar crater
- Langley Wood (disambiguation), multiple uses
- Langley Wood and Homan's Copse, a SSI in Wiltshire
[edit] Ships
Two United States Navy ships have borne the name Langley, after the American scientific pioneer Samuel Pierpont Langley:
- USS Langley (CV-1), the first aircraft carrier of the Navy, converted from the collier Jupiter in 1922, and sunk in February 1942 by the Japanese
- USS Langley (CVL-27), a light aircraft carrier commissioned in 1943, active in World War II, and transferred to France in 1951
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