Place:Tur Langton, Leicestershire, England

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Tur Langton (derived from the Anglo-Saxon word for an enclosure, meaning "long town") is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough District in the heart of Leicestershire, England. Tur Langton is home to St. Andrews Church, situated in the centre of the village. The next nearest settlement of significant size is the civil parish Kibworth Harcourt, approximately 2 km west of Tur Langton. In the 2011 UK census, Tur Langton was combined with another nearby small parish named Shangton to make a population count of 316.

Tur Langton's present day name does not appear to have been established until at least the late 16th century, despite its inclusion in the small hundred of Langton in the 1130 Leicestershire Survey and the parish itself being recognised as part of the ecclesiastical parish of Church Langton since 1220.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Tur Langton.

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

Research Tips

• The map on the place-page for Market Harborough Rural District illustrates the location of the various parishes.
• Victoria County History - Leicestershire - Vol 5, pp193-213 - Parish: Church Langton. (London, 1964) British History Online. University of London.
• 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.