Langthorne is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England.[1] Like many settlements in the area during the time of the Domesday Book, the land belonged to Count Alan and had just three villagers registered as living there.[2] The name of the village means Tall Thorn-Bush (or tree) and derives from the Old English Lang and þorn.[3]
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Hambleton District, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
The population was estimated to be 60 in 2015.[4] It is near Hackforth and the A1(M) motorway 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Bedale.
The hamlet used to have two places of worship; the Anglican church was dedicated to St Mary, and the other religious house was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel. Both buildings are now private dwellings.[5]
“A Brief and Recent History of Langthorne” was published in May 2021 following a community project. It is also available online at www.langthornevillage.com
See also
References
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 99 Northallerton & Ripon (Pateley Bridge & Leyburn) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319231593.
- ^ Powell-Smith, Anna. “Langthorne | Domesday Book”. opendomesday.org. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 287. OCLC 1228215388.
- ^ “Population Estimates” (PDF). North Yorkshire County Council. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2019. In the 2011 census the population was included with the parish of Patrick Brompton and not counted separately.
- ^ Lloyd, Chris (28 February 2020). “Would ewe believe it?”. Darlington and Stockton Times. No. 9–2019. p. 50. ISSN 2516-5348.