Langton Long Blandford

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Langton Long Blandford
Dorset

The Old Rectory
Location
Grid reference: ST897059
Location: 50°51’10"N, 2°8’45"W
Data
Post town: Blandford Forum
Postcode: DT11
Local Government
Council: Dorset
Parliamentary
constituency:
North Dorset

Langton Long Blandford is a small village in Dorset. It is sited by the River Stour, about three-quarters of a mile south-east of Blandford Forum.

In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 120.[1]

Forming the south-eastern line of the parish boundary is an old track linking prehistoric Buzbury Rings, on nearby Keyneston Hill, to a ford over the river.[2]

St Leonards farmhouse used to house a leper hospital.[2]

The parish church was rebuilt in 1862.[2]

References

  1. "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. https://www.dorsetforyou.com/344882. Retrieved 20 January 2015. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 North Dorset District Council (c. 1983). North Dorset Official District Guide. Home Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 37.