LANGDON-HILLS, a parish in the hundred of BARSTABLE, county of ESSEX, 2 miles (N. by E.) from Horndon on the Hill, containing 205 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Essex; and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £ 10. 3. 9., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, London. The church is dedicated to St. Mary and All Saints. From the summit of this range of hills, the loftiest in this part of the county, are some extremely fine and extensive prospects, especially towards the south, south-east, and south-west, of the metropolis; the whole river and vale of the Thames below London, and the hills and coast of Kent, as far as the Medway, being visible in clear weather.