Langriville is a civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, England, about 5 miles (8 km) north west of the town of Boston

Boston, Lincolnshire

Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. It is the largest town of the wider Borough of Boston local government district and had a total population of 55,750 at the 2001 census...

 on the B1192, and on the banks of the River Witham

River Witham

The River Witham is a river, almost entirely in the county of Lincolnshire, in the east of England. It rises south of Grantham close to South Witham, at SK8818, passes Lincoln at SK9771 and at Boston, TF3244, flows into The Haven, a tidal arm of The Wash, near RSPB Frampton Marsh...

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History

Langriville was created a township in 1812 near a ferry over the River Witham called Langrick Ferry (now Langrick

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 village) from which the parish has taken its name. This parish consists of the portion of Wildmore Fen alloted to the Earl of Stamford & Warrington in lieu of his manorial rights over Armtree and Wildmore fens.

It was said by Pishy Thompson in his History and Antiquities of Boston, that the name probably came from "Long Creek" as it was the largest and longest creek in the fen, where about a mile north of the present village of Langrick

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 there was a sluice erected in 1543.
The area was formerly belonging to Kirkstead Abbey

Kirkstead Abbey

Kirkstead Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Kirkstead, Lincolnshire, England.The monastery was founded in 1139 by Hugh Brito, , lord of Tattershall, and was originally colonised by an abbot and twelve monks from Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire...

 as is evidenced by references made by the Boston

Boston, Lincolnshire

Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. It is the largest town of the wider Borough of Boston local government district and had a total population of 55,750 at the 2001 census...

 Corporation records claiming rights on Armtree Fen in the early 17th Century.

According to William Marrats History of Lincolnshire, there was a hermitage belonging to Kirkstead Abbey

Kirkstead Abbey

Kirkstead Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Kirkstead, Lincolnshire, England.The monastery was founded in 1139 by Hugh Brito, , lord of Tattershall, and was originally colonised by an abbot and twelve monks from Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire...

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Church

Saint Margaret of Scotland

Saint Margaret of Scotland

Saint Margaret of Scotland , also known as Margaret of Wessex and Queen Margaret of Scotland, was an English princess of the House of Wessex. Born in exile in Hungary, she was the sister of Edgar Ætheling, the short-ruling and uncrowned Anglo-Saxon King of England...

 Church was built in Langrick

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 village in 1828, but was not dedicated until 20 April 1922.

The registers of births and deaths date from 1831, and those of marriages from 1837.
The church was restored and redecorated in 1935, and further work was carried out in 1968.

Population

Population of Langriville Civil Parish Civil parish In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
Year	1821	1831	1841	1851	1881	1891	1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1961	2001
Population	195	202	221	292	505	397	337	398	376	410	316	336	421