| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Langley |
| Static Image Name: | The Langley Tavern - geograph.org.uk - 2621568.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Langley Tavern |
| Civil Parish: | Fawley |
| Shire County: | Hampshire |
| Region: | South East England |
| Constituency Westminster: | New Forest East |
| Post Town: | Southampton |
| Postcode District: | SO45 |
| Postcode Area: | SO |
| Dial Code: | 023 |
| Coordinates: | 50.808°N -1.369°W |
| Os Grid Reference: | SU445011 |
Langley is a small village in the civil parish of Fawley in Hampshire, England.
The name Langley means "long wood/clearing".[1] Langley is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was held by Hugh of St Quentin.[2] In 1372 John Baron of South Langley and Julia his wife held a messuage and land in South Langley.[3] Thence the tenement passed indirectly to Richard Goolde and his wife Joan in 1413.[3] John Ludlowe held the land in 1482.[3] In 1500 the right of the Ludlowes to hold the manor (here so-called for the first time) was fiercely disputed in the Court of Chancery by one William Fletcher.[3] The Ludlowes evidently won, for in 1609 Sir Edward Ludlowe sold the manor of Langley to Sir Walter Longe.[3] This united the manor of Langley to the manors of Cadlands (now beneath Fawley Refinery) and Holbury, all three following the same descent henceforward.[3] One part of the merged estate eventually became Langley Farm held by the Stanley family at the beginning of the 20th century.[3]
The modern village now lies on the site of the old manor house.[4] At the beginning of the 20th century Langley and Fawley were the only two villages in the parish.[3] With the growth of the village of Blackfield the ward is now referred to as the Fawley, Blackfield, and Langley Ward.