Langton by Wragby | |
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St Giles' Church, Langton by Wragby |
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Langton by Wragby shown within Lincolnshire | |
OS grid reference | TF147770 |
• London | 125 mi (201 km) S |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Market Rasen |
Postcode district | LN8 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
EU Parliament | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Langton by Wragby is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east from Wragby, and on the A158 Horncastle road. It is in the civil parish of Hatton.
Langton Wood is a small, previously extra-parochial area, now included in the parish.
The church is dedicated to St Giles, and is of 14th-century origin, although it was rebuilt in 1866. It is a Grade II listed building.
Langton Court is the former vicarage, now a house, built in the middle of the 18th century with some 19th-century additions. It is a Grade II listed building.
The early 13th-century Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton, was the son of Henry Langton of Langton by Wragby, and may have been born in a moated farmhouse west of the church.