Place:East Langton, Leicestershire, England

Name	East Langton
Alt names	Lagintone	source: Domesday Book (1985) p 160
	Langetone	source: Domesday Book (1985) p 161
	Langtone	source: Domesday Book (1985) p 161
Type	Township, Civil parish
Coordinates	52.533°N 0.933°W
Located in	Leicestershire, England
See also	Gartree Hundred, Leicestershire, England	hundred in which the parish was included
	Church Langton, Leicestershire, England	parish in which it was a chapelry
	Market Harborough Rural, Leicestershire, England	rural district, 1894 - 1974
	Harborough District, Leicestershire, England	district municipality from 1974

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source: Family History Library Catalog

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East Langton (derived from the Anglo-Saxon word for an enclosure, meaning "long town") is a village and civil parish in the Harborough District of southeast Leicestershire, England.

The parish also includes Church Langton. It is near Kibworth and Market Harborough, and the parish according to the 2011 census had a population of 393.

See also Church Langton, the original parish of the four current Langtons of the Harborough District.

Research Tips

Victoria County History - Leicestershire - Vol 5, pp193-213 - Parish: Church Langton. (London, 1964) British History Online. University of London.
The map on the place-page for Market Harborough Rural District illustrates the location of the various parishes.
From this Findmypast page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
From this Ancestry page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
For both of the above sites, a subscription is charged. Transcriptions of these records may also be available free of charge on the FamilySearch website.
A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Leicestershire.