Langford
Encyclopedia
Canada
- Langford, British ColumbiaLangford, British ColumbiaLangford is a city of 22,459 residents on southern Vancouver Island, within the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is considered one of Greater Victoria's Western Communities...
- Canadian municipality on Vancouver Island - Langford, ManitobaLangford, ManitobaLangford is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. The separately administered town of Neepawa lies at the centre of its northern section, on the border between it and the southeast part of the Rural Municipality of Rosedale....
England
- Langford, BedfordshireLangford, BedfordshireLangford is a village and civil parish situated alongside the River Ivel in the county of Bedfordshire.-Origins:The village is of Saxon origin, first mentioned in 944AD. and at one time it had one or more fording points across the river. The name is based on the words long ford from the length of...
- Langford, EssexLangford, EssexLangford is a village on the Dengie peninsula close to Maldon in the English county of Essex. It is part of the Wickham Bishops and Woodham ward of the Maldon district....
- Langford, NorfolkLangford, NorfolkLangford is a village and former civil parish within the English county of Norfolk. The village is in the Norfolk battle training area of the Ministry of Defence which is an area with a restricted entry. Langford is about nine miles south of the town of Swaffham.-History:Langford has an entry in...
- Langford, NottinghamshireLangford, NottinghamshireLangford is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 100. This is less than in previous centuries - in 1801 it was 124 and in 1901, 145.. At that time the village had its own school with two teachers. It is located 4 miles...
- Langford, OxfordshireLangford, OxfordshireLangford is a village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, about northeast of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire.-Manor:The Domesday Book of 1086 records that a Saxon, Ælfsige of Faringdon, held the manor. In the reign of Edward the Confessor Ælfsige had been a minor landholder, holding two...
- Langford BudvilleLangford BudvilleLangford Budville is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated near the River Tone miles north-west of Wellington, from Wiveliscombe and west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The parish includes the hamlets of Bindon, Lower Chipley, Lower Wellisford, Ramsey and Runnington...
, Somerset - Lower LangfordLower LangfordLower Langford is a village within the civil parish of Churchill in the unitary authority of North Somerset, England. It is located on the western edge of the Mendip Hills about east of Weston-super-Mare. It was a village built around estate of Sidney Hill who was the original inhabitant of the...
, Somerset - Langford HouseLangford HouseLangford House is one of nine houses that accommodate students who study at St Chad's College, Durham University, England. It is a grade II listed building built in the 18th century and is named after a former Judaism scholar and College Chaplain...
, Durham - Langford HallLangford HallLangford Hall, Langford, Nottinghamshire was built c1774 by John Carr of York. The house is built in the neo classical style and has many interesting architectural features. It is Listed Grade 2* and is currently the home to the Sumsion family since 2009....
United States
- Langford, New YorkLangford, New YorkLangford, New York is a small, unincorporated hamlet in the town of North Collins in southern Erie County, New York, USA.-References:...
, United States - Langford, South DakotaLangford, South DakotaLangford is a town in Marshall County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 313 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Langford is located at ....
, United States - Langford, VirginiaLangford, VirginiaLangford is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia....
People
- Viscount LangfordViscount LangfordViscount Langford, of Longford Lodge, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 19 February 1766 for Elizabeth Rowley. She was made Baroness of Summerhill at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland...
- Baron LangfordBaron LangfordBaron Langford, of Summerhill in the County of Meath, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 1 July 1800 for Clotworthy Rowley, who had earlier represented Trim and County Meath in the Irish House of Commons...
- Langford BaronetsLangford BaronetsThe Langford Baronetcy, of Kilmackedrett in the County of Antrim, was a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 19 August 1667 for Hercules Langford. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1725. Mary, daughter of the first Baronet, married Sir John Rowley...
- Bonnie LangfordBonnie LangfordBonita Melody Lysette "Bonnie" Langford is an English actress, dancer and entertainer. She came to prominence as a child star in the early 1970s then she subsequently became a companion of Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy's Doctor Who and has appeared on stage in various musicals such as Peter Pan:...
(born 1964), British actress and entertainer - Catherine Langford, fictional character from Stargate SG-1
- Chris LangfordChris LangfordChris Langford is a former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a game administrator.Langford is best known for his 303 game career for the Hawthorn Hawks between 1983 and 1997. He captained the club in the 1994 season and earned All-Australian selection. It was his second...
(born 1963), Australian rules footballer - Darren John LangfordDarren John LangfordDarren John Langford is a British actor who is best notable for playing the mentally disabled character Spencer Gray in the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. Apart from Hollyoaks, Langford has not had any major television roles...
, actor from Hollyoaks - David LangfordDavid LangfordDavid Rowland Langford is a British author, editor and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter Ansible.-Personal background:...
(born 1953), British SF author and publisher of the fanzine Ansible - Frances LangfordFrances LangfordJulia Frances Langford was an American singer and entertainer who was popular during the Golden Age of Radio and also made film appearances over two decades.-Birth:...
(1913–2005), American singer and actress - Gordon LangfordGordon LangfordGordon Langford is an English composer, arranger and performer. Although well known in the brass band community as a composer and arranger, he is less well known as a composer of orchestral music, despite winning an Ivor Novello award for his March from the Colour Suite in 1971.Born in Edgware,...
(born 1930), English composer and arranger - Jon LangfordJon LangfordJon Langford born October 11, 1957, Newport, Monmouthshire is a Welsh-born musician and artist who is presently based in Chicago. He is the younger brother of science-fiction author and critic David Langford...
(born 1957), British rock musician and member of The Mekons, brother of David Langford - Keith LangfordKeith LangfordKeith Langford is an American professional basketball player currently playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv.He is a 6' 4" tall shooting guard. He played college basketball with the University of Kansas....
(born 1983), American basketball player - Larry LangfordLarry LangfordLarry Paul Langford is the former mayor of the city of Birmingham, Alabama. He previously served on the Jefferson County, Alabama, Commission, including four years as the first African American commission president. He also served as mayor of Fairfield, Alabama, and served one term on the...
(born 1948), mayor of Birmingham, AL - Lisa LangfordLisa LangfordLisa Martine Kehler is a female race walker from England, who twice competed for Great Britain at the Summer Olympics . She later competed 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi....
(born 1967), English race walker - Nathaniel P. LangfordNathaniel P. LangfordNathaniel Pitt Langford was an explorer, businessman, bureaucrat, vigilante and historian from St. Paul, Minnesota who played an important role in the early years of the Montana gold fields, territorial government and the creation of Yellowstone National Park.-Montana Gold Fields:On June 16, 1862...
(1832–1911), first superintendent of the world's first national park, Yellowstone National Park - Reshard LangfordReshard LangfordReshard Nelson Langford is an American football safety for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Vanderbilt....
(born 1986), American football player - Rick LangfordRick LangfordJames Rick Langford , is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1976-1986...
(born 1952), Major League Baseball pitcher
Other
- Langford (Part One)Langford (Part One)Langford Part One is the seven-song CD EP released by the Payolas in 2007.The album cover features a picture of the Belmont Secondary School which is the Langford high school that Bob Rock and Paul Hyde attended together....
, 2007 EP by the Payolas