In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Langthorpe like this:

LANGTHORPE, a township in Kirkby-on-the-Moor parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Ouse, 1 mile NW of Borrowbridge. Acres, 556. Real property, £2,510. Pop., 252. Houses, 57. There are flour mills, bone mills, oil mills, and a nail manufactory.

Langthorpe through time

Langthorpe is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Langthorpe itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Langthorpe, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13253

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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