LANGFORD, a parish in the hundred of THURSTABLE,
county of ESSEX, 2 miles (N. by W.) from Maldon
containing 251 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Colchester, and diocese of London,
rated in the king's books at £10. 4. 9. Mrs. West-
comb was patroness in 1813. The church is dedicated
to St. Giles. The Chelmer and Blackwater navigation
bounds the parish on the south.