Langton Long Blandford
Appearance
Langton Long Blandford | |
---|---|
The Old Rectory | |
Location within Dorset | |
OS grid reference | ST897059 |
Unitary authority | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Blandford Forum |
Postcode district | DT11 |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Langton Long Blandford is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is sited by the River Stour, approximately 3⁄4 mile (1.2 kilometres) southeast of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 120.[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]
References
- ^ "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ a b c North Dorset District Council (c. 1983). North Dorset Official District Guide. Home Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 37.
- ^ Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale 'Pathfinder' map, sheet ST 80/90 (Blandford Forum), 1972