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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Langton like this:
LANGTON, a township in Gainford parish, Durham; on an affluent of the river Tees, 2 miles N of Gainford. Acres, 1,061. Real property, £1,322. Pop., 116. Houses, 21. Langton Grange here is a seat of the Duke of Cleveland.
Langton 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 Langton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Langton in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4265
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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