LANGTON (GREAT), a parish in the eastern division
of the wapentake of GILLING, North riding of the
county of YORK, comprising the townships of GreatLangton,
and Little Langton, and containing 202 inhabitants,
of which number, 116 are in the township of Great
Langton, 5 miles (W. N. W.) from North Allerton. The
living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Richmond, and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's
books at £6. 10. 10. The Duke of Leeds was patron
in 1792. The church is a small fabric without aisles
or tower; it stands iij, a retired situation about half a
mile from the village. The river Swale runs through
the parish.