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Langham, Norfolk

Village in Norfolk, England

Summary

Village in Norfolk, England

Field	Value
official_name	Langham
country	England
region	East of England
shire_district	North Norfolk
shire_county	Norfolk
civil_parish	Langham CP
static_image_name	Village Sign, Langham, Norfolk, 24th March 2009.JPG
static_image_caption	Langham Village Sign
population	355
population_ref	(2021 census)
os_grid_reference	TG000410
coordinates
post_town	HOLT
postcode_area	NR
postcode_district	NR25
dial_code	01328
constituency_westminster	North Norfolk
london_distance	126 mi
area_total_sq_mi	2.73

Langham is a village and civil parish in the English county Norfolk.

Langham is located 14.7 mi west of Cromer and 27.2 mi north-west of Norwich, along the B1156 road, between Blakeney and Sharrington and within the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

History

Langham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the long homestead.

In the Domesday Book, Langham is listed as a settlement of 62 households in the hundred of Holt. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of William de Beaufeu.

Langham Hall was built in the 18th century in the Greek Revival style for the Reverend Rippinghall who also designed the house. The hall was used as a hospital by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

During the Second World War, much of the parish became RAF Langham which was used until 1961 mostly by RAF Coastal Command. Today, a dome used to trained air gunners still stands and is one of the few examples still left in the country.

The former site of the airfield is the site of reputed haunting in which screaming, the sounds of aircraft crashing and ghostly USAAF servicemen have been heard or seen.

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Langham had a population of 355 people, a decrease from the 372 people recorded in the 2011 census.

Church of St. Andrew & St. Mary

Langham's parish church is jointly dedicated to Saint Andrew and Saint Mary and dates from the Fourteenth Century. The church is located on Holt Road and has been Grade I listed since 1959. The church no longer holds Sunday service.

St. Andrew's & St. Mary's features a stained-glass windows installed in the 1890s by Sir Edward Burne-Jones and a set of royal arms depicting those of Queen Anne which may be from an earlier reign.

Notable residents

Captain Frederick Marryat CB- (1792-1848) naval officer and novelist, died & buried in Langham.
Stephen Rippingall- (1825-1856) rower and cricketer, lived in Langham.

Governance

Langham is part of the electoral ward of Priory for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is North Norfolk, which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.

Historic Gallery

File:LANGHAM NFK STREET SCENE.jpg|Street view of Langham circa 1915. File:Langham Church Norfolk UK ca 1915.jpg|Langham Church circa 1915.

References

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