KIRK-LANGLEY, a township and a parish in Belper district, Derbyshire. The township lies 4½ miles NW by W of Derby r. station, and has a post office under Derby.—The parish contains also the township of Meynell-Langley, and comprises 2, 900 acres. Real property, £4, 314. Pop., 648. Houses, 132. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Godfrey Meynell, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £400. * Patron, G. Meynell, Esq. The church is ancient; was repaired in 1840; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with low embattled tower; and contains monuments of the Meynells. There are a national school, and charities £14.

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