Langley, Norfolk
| Langley | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St Michael, Langley | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG367020 |
| Location: | 52°33’53"N, 1°29’29"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR14 |
| Dialling code: | 01508 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Norfolk |
Langley is a small village in the south-east of Norfolk, in the Norfolk Broads and between the Rivers Yare and Chet, just west of where they meet. Langley consists of two hamlets strung along the lane over the marshes: Langley Green and Langley Street, Together with Hardley just to the east, they share a civil parish.
The village is found two miles north of Loddon and nine miles south-west of Norwich. Its name is from the Old English Lang leag, meaning 'Long meadow' of 'long clearing'.[1]
History
In the Domesday Book, Langley is listed as a settlement of 39 households, and part of the East Anglian estates of William de Beaufeu.[2]
Langley Abbey was a Premonstratensians monastery which was built in 1195, founded by Robert fitzRoger. At the time of the dissolution of the monasteries, the monastic property was sold to the Berney family who held it until the eighteenth century. In 2010, the abbey opened as a museum.[3]
Langley Hall was built in 1740 in the Palladian style by Matthew Brettingham and later expanded by Anthony Salvin.[4] In 1910, the hall became Langley School: a private, fee-paying school open to boarding male and female students. The current headmaster is Mr. S. Cooke and notable alumni include Sir John Mills.[5]
On 25 August 1959, a Hawker Hunter of No. 74 Squadron RAF crashed in Langley after carrying out unauthorised acrobatics. The pilot (Flight-Lieutenant P. P. Rayner) ejected safely with the aircraft crashing in Langley, it is reported that the engine landed on the doorstep of Hazelmere Cottage.[6][7]
St. Michael's Church
Langley's church, St Michael, on Stone Lane, dates from the fourteenth century. It is a Grade I listed building.[8] The church is no longer open for Sunday service.[9]
St. Michael's holds many stained-glass windows which were imported from the Continent and was heavily restored in the Victorian era.[10]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Langley.
- ↑ Langley, Norfolk in the Domesday Book
- ↑ National Heritage List 1004001: Langley Abbey (Grade @ listing)
- ↑ "mnf10362 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details.
- ↑ "Independent Day & Boarding School | Norfolk & Suffolk | Langley" (in en-US). https://langleyschool.co.uk/.
- ↑ "mnf19530 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details.
- ↑ Ranter, Harro. "Accident Hawker Hunter F Mk 6 XF502, Tuesday 25 August 1959". https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/144605.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1373104: Church of St Michael (Grade I listing)
- ↑ "Langley: St Michael and All Saints" (in en). https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/10156/service-and-events/events-all/.
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/langley/langley.htm.