Langton is a village in County Durham

County Durham

County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...

, in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is situated to the west of Darlington

Darlington

Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001...

, near Headlam

Headlam

Headlam is a village in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county ofCounty Durham, England. It is situated to the west of Darlington. A picturesque hamlet of just 14 stone houses and the magnificent seventeenth century Headlam Hall which is now a leading country house hotel...

 and Ingleton

Ingleton, County Durham

Ingleton is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated about eight miles to the west of Darlington, and a short distance from the villages of Langton, Hilton and Killerby.-External links:...

.

History

Lanton was a parish in Berwickshire

Berwickshire

Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a registration county, a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a lieutenancy area of Scotland, on the border with England. The town after which it is named—Berwick-upon-Tweed—was lost by Scotland to England in 1482...

 containing 7200 acres (29.1 km²). The area around the town was frequently invaded in the sixteenth century by the English. Sir George Bowes

George Bowes (soldier)

Sir George Bowes was an English military commander.-Life:George Bowes was the son of Richard Bowes and Elizabeth Aske. At the age of fourteen he was married to Dorothy, daughter of Sir William Mallory of Studley Royal. He early went to the Scottish war, and in 1549 is mentioned as being in command...

and Sir Henry Percy left the town burnt in 1558.

The old town of Langton so offended the local dignitary Mr George Gavin that he persuaded the inhabitants to move the whole thing half a mile so he would not to look at the "dirty town". The new town was called Gavintown and had over 400 people living there in 1801.