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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Langley like this:
LANGLEY, a township in Lanchester parish, Durhamshire; on the river Browney, 4 miles WNW of Durham. Acres, 2,378. Real property, £1,608. Pop., 129. Houses, 23. A ruined old hall is here, which belonged to the family of Scroope.
Langley is now part of COUNTY DURHAM Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how COUNTY DURHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Langley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Langley in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2959
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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