Name | Langwith |
Alt names | Nether Langwith | source: alternate placename |
Type | Township, Civil parish |
Located in | Nottinghamshire, England |
See also | Norton Cuckney, Nottinghamshire, England | parish in which it was a township until 1866 | | Bassetlaw Wapentake, Nottinghamshire, England | wapentake in which the place was located | | Blyth and Cuckney Rural, Nottinghamshire, England | rural district 1894-1925 | | Worksop Rural, Nottinghamshire, England | rural district 1935-1974 | | Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Langwith from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "LANGWITH, a township, with a village, in Norton-Cuckney parish, Notts; adjacent to Derbyshire, 6½ miles N of Mansfield. It has a post-office under Mansfield. Population: 328. Houses: 60. Langwith Lodge was formerly an occasional seat of Earl Bathurst, and is now the residence of Major S. W. Welfitt. Some of the inhabitants are employed in neighbouring factories."
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