Place:Langford, Oxfordshire, England

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Langford is a village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, about 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire. The 2011 UK census recorded the parish's population as 349.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Langford from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"LANGFORD, a village, a tything, and a parish in the [registration] district of Faringdon and county of Oxford. The village stands 2 miles from the boundary with Gloucestershire, 2½ from that with Berks, 3¼ NE of Lechlade, and 5½ NW by N of Faringdon [railway] station; and has a post-office under Lechlade, by Swindon. The tything comprises 2,210 acres. Real property: £3,044. Population: 449. Houses: 105. The parish contains also the tything of Little Faringdon, the township of Grafton, and the hamlet of Radcot. Acres: 4,200. Real property: £6,448. Population: 701. Houses: 166. Most of the property belongs to Lord De Manley and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Langford House is Lord de Manley's seat. Grafton Manor belongs to Mrs. Wainewright. The river Isis runs on the S boundary, and is crossed there by a bridge of the 13th century. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value: £300. Patron: the Rev. F. G. Lemann. The church is ancient, and has an early Norman tower. Little Faringdon was recently made a separate benefice. Value: £150. Patron: the Bishop of Oxford. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists, and charities £18."

A Vision of Britain through Time states that the parish was located part in Oxfordshire and part in Berkshire. This is indicated by its being part of two different hundreds. The county border was redrawn in 1844 so that all of Langford was in Oxfordshire. Until 1866 the parish included Little Faringdon, Grafton and Radcot, all of which became civil parishes in Oxfordshire in that year.

Research Tips

• Victoria County History of Oxfordshire, volume 17, chapter on Langford.
• Oxfordshire History Centre, St Luke's Church, Temple Road, Oxford, OX4 2HT
• Oxfordshire FHS covers the whole county. The Family History Society provides an interactive map to assist in locating individual parishes and also relates the society's progress in transcribing parish registers and gravestone information for that particular parish. Browse the website to see what else the society can provide.
• Further information from GENUKI
• Ordnance Survey map of Oxfordshire 1900 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• Ordnance Survey map of Oxfordshire 1944 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• English Jurisdictions 1851, a parish finding aid provided by FamilySearch, particularly helpful in large towns and cities.