LANGAR, a village and a parish in Bingham district, Notts. The village stands 2 miles N of the boundary with Leicestershire, and 4¼ SSE of Bingham r. station. The parish contains also the hamlet of Barnston; and its post-town is Elton, under Nottingham. Acres, with Wiverton Hall extra-parochial tract, 3,442. Real property, £6,696. Pop. of L. alone, 320. Houses, 61. The manor belongs to F. Wright, Esq. The living is a rectory united with the chapelry of Barnston, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £208.* Patron, F. Wright, Esq. The church is partly of early English date, partly of the year 1670; was partially restored about 1845 and 1 851; underwent farther restoration, at a cost of nearly £1,000, in 1865; comprises nave and aisles, with a tower; and includes transepts, which are the burial places of Earl Howe and of the Chaworth family, now represented by J. Chaworth Musters, Esq. There are a national school and charities £15.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))