Langton (Langton St. Margaret)
Langton is just south-west of Horncastle by about a mile. Thimbleby parish is to the north and Thornton parish to the south. The parish is small and covers about 695 acres. The population in the parish has dwindled in recent decades.
What is left of the village sits to the south side of the road to Woodhall Spa. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, take the B1191 arterial road out of Horncastle to the west and follow the signs for Langton.
- Visit our touring page for visitor services.
- The parish was in the Horncastle sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- The North Lincolnshire Library holds a copy of the 1881 census for this parish.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 639 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2108 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2368 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3382 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2598 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret.
- The church was restored in 1891.
- The church only seats 80.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Margaret's Church on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2005.
- Here is a photo of St. Margaret's, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1753 for baptisms and burials; from 1768 for marriages.
- The British Vital Records Index (BVRI) has 151 burials for St. Margaret's, 1815 through 1900 (with gaps).
- The LFHS has published several marriage indexes for the Horncastle Deanery to make your search easier.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Horncastle sub-district of the Horncastle Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
- The national grid reference is TF 2368.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #273 map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in Lincoln county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the Southern Division of the ancient Gartree Wapentake in the East Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
- For today's district governance, see the East Lindsey District Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Horncastle petty session hearings.
- The parish has two almshouses for two poor women, founded in 1690 by the Rev. Willougby WEST.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Horncastle Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
58 |
| 1841 |
177 |
| 1871 |
239 |
| 1881 |
76 |
| 1891 |
86 |
| 1911 |
75 |
| 1921 |
61 |
| 1931 |
51 |
| 1961 |
35 |
| 1971 |
20 |
- The children of this parish attended school at either Horncastle or Thimbleby.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 30-April-2015
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