Langrish Explained

Country:England
Static Image:St John the Evangelist, Langrish - geograph.org.uk - 1494397.jpg
Static Image Caption:St John the Evangelist, Langrish
Coordinates:51.0088°N -0.9971°W
Official Name:Langrish
Population:297
Population Ref:[1]
Civil Parish:Langrish
Shire District:East Hampshire
Shire County:Hampshire
Region:South East England
Post Town:Petersfield
Postcode District:GU32
Postcode Area:GU
Os Grid Reference:SU704237

Langrish is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is next to the civil parish of Stroud and is 2.7 miles (4.3 km) west of Petersfield, on the A272 road.

Rail connections

The nearest main railway station is Petersfield, 2.3 miles (3.7 km) east of the village.

Village church

The church of St John the Evangelist is on the NW side of the village on the west side of the A272 road.

Langrish House

On the south side of the village east of a minor road to East Meon is Langrish House, parts of which date to the early 1600s. It is said that Royalist prisoners were kept these there after the nearby Battle of Cheriton that was won by Parliametarian General Sir William Waller. Since the mid 19th Century, Langrish House has been owned by the Ponsonby-Talbot family and today it also operates as a country house hotel. To the north of the House is an small industrial facility, originally part of the Langrish House estate, where parts were made for nose-cone of the supersonic airliner Concorde.[2]

Sport

Langrish has been host to the British Sidecarcross Grand Prix a number times[3] and hosted it again in 2012, on 26 and 27 August.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 5 January 2017. Office for National Statistics . Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. Web site: The Winning Secret by Rachel Flint. Langrish House, Hampshire.
  3. http://www.thejohndaveypages.org/JD_GP/MIXXXVNVN.htm VENUES USED IN GP 1971-2005