Langton Long Blandford

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Langton Long Blandford
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Langton Long Blandford is located in Dorset
Langton Long Blandford
Langton Long Blandford
 Langton Long Blandford shown within Dorset
OS grid reference ST897059
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
List of places
UK
England
Dorset

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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]

References

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  3. Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale 'Pathfinder' map, sheet ST 80/90 (Blandford Forum), 1972


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