LANGTON (CHURCH), a parish in the hundred
of GARTREE, county of LEICESTER, 4 miles (N. by W.)
from Market-Harborough, comprising the chapelries of
Thorp-Langton, Tur-Langton, and West Langton, and
the township of East Langton, and containing 932 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £48. 13. 4. The Rev. William Hanbury was
patron in 1817. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.
The Rev. William Hanbury, remarkable for his benevolent
projects, and for his extensive and industrious cultivation
of trees and plants, indigenous and exotic, was
for many years rector of this parish, and died here in
1778.