Langthorne

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image = West Farm Langthorne.jpg | static_image_caption = West Farm, by Langthorne | coordinates = {{coord|54.31878|-1.61464|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Langthorne | population = 60 | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = | post_town = Bedale | postcode_district = DL8 | postcode_area = DL | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SE251915 }} '''Langthorne''' is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England.<ref name=OS99>{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 99 ''Northallerton & Ripon (Pateley Bridge & Leyburn)''|ISBN= 9780319231593 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2013}}</ref> Like many settlements in the area during the time of the Domesday Book, the land belonged to Count Alan and had just three villagers registered as living there.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Powell-Smith|first1=Anna|title=Langthorne {{!}} Domesday Book|url=http://opendomesday.org/place/SE2591/langthorne/|website=opendomesday.org|accessdate=17 March 2018}}</ref> The name of the village means ''Tall Thorn-Bush'' (or tree) and derives from the Old English ''Lang'' and ''þorn''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page=287 |edition=4}}</ref>

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Hambleton District, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The population was estimated to be 60 in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|title=Population Estimates|year=2015|url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf|accessdate=20 April 2019|archive-date=4 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf|url-status=dead}} In the 2011 census the population was included with the parish of Patrick Brompton and not counted separately.</ref> It is near Hackforth and the A1(M) motorway {{convert|2|mi}} north of Bedale.

The hamlet used to have two places of worship; the Anglican church was dedicated to St Mary, and the other religious house was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel. Both buildings are now private dwellings.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lloyd |first1=Chris |title=Would ewe believe it? |work=Darlington and Stockton Times |issue=9–2019 |date=28 February 2020 |page=50|issn=2516-5348}}</ref>

"A Brief and Recent History of Langthorne" was published in May 2021 following a community project. It is also available online at www.langthornevillage.com

==See also== *Listed buildings in Langthorne

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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire