Langar

Other current and historical names

Langa
Langer
Langare

Parish/Community: Langar cum Barnstone
District/Borough: Rushcliffe
County: Nottinghamshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°54'14"N 0°55'17"W
Eastings/Northings: 472632, 334591
OS Grid: SK726345
Mapcode Local: GBR BM3.V4S
Mapcode Global: WHFJD.T8BN

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Langar within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Langar in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Langa, par. and vil., Notts, 4 miles SE. of Bingham, 3442 ac. (including Wiverton Hall), pop. 425.

Langar in the Domesday Book

A village in Bingham hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Peverel
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 19 villagers; 6 smallholders; 15 freemen; 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 50 acres
- Mills: 2, value 5 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hemming of Branston
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Households: 8 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 ³⁄₄ men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 13 acres
- Churches: 0.5

British Place Names

Langar, Nottinghamshire

Langar is a village in Nottinghamshire

Langar in historic gazetteers

Langar in the Domesday Book