Langton Long Blandford
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Langton Long Blandford shown within Dorset
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OS grid reference | ST897059 |
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District | North Dorset |
Shire county | Dorset |
Region | South West |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset |
Ambulance | South Western |
EU Parliament | South West England |
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Langton Long Blandford is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is sited by the River Stour in the North Dorset administrative district, approximately 0.75 miles (1.21 km) southeast of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 120.[1]
Forming the southeastern line of the parish boundary is an old track linking prehistoric Buzbury Rings, on nearby Keyneston Hill, to a ford over the river.[2][3]
St Leonards farmhouse used to house a leper hospital.[2]
The parish church was rebuilt in 1862.[2]
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