LANGLEY (KIRK), a parish in the hundred of
MORLESTON-and-LITCHURCH, county of DERBY, 4 miles
(W.N.W.) from Derby, containing, with the township
of Meynell-Langley, 552 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Derby, and diocese of
Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's books at
£12. 2. 1., and in the patronage of Godfrey Meynell,
Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, was nearly
destroyed by the violent tempest which happened in
1545. Courts leet and baron are annually held here. A
school-house was erected, by subscription, in 1750, and
endowed, in 1752, by the Rev. John Bailey, then rector,
with land now let at £12 a year, and again, in 1768,
with a rent-charge of £5 per annum, for the instruction
of twelve children. A Sunday school has also been
established by the rector.