LANGAR, a parish in the northern division of the
wapentake of BINGHAM, county of NOTTINGHAM, 10
miles (E. S. E.) from Nottingham, containing, with Barn-
stone, 287 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York, rated
in the king's books at £10. 1. 11. The Rev. W. Bowerbank
was patron in 1825. The church, dedicated to
St. Andrew, is a large cruciform edifice, with a richly,
ornamented tower: in it are several monuments of
the Lords Scroope, one of which, in memory of Lord
Scroope, who died in 1609, and his lady, is remarkably
elegant; it contains also a handsome monument
to the memory of that distinguished officer Admiral
Earl Howe, who died August 5th, 1799, and was buried
here. On an elevation near the village is the site of
his lordship's once magnificent residence, which has
been very much curtailed.