Static Image Name: | St.Margaret's church, Langton-by-Horncastle, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 95354.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Church of St Margaret, Langton |
Country: | England |
Official Name: | Langton |
Coordinates: | 53.201°N -0.155°W |
Shire District: | East Lindsey |
Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Louth and Horncastle |
Post Town: | Horncastle |
Postcode District: | LN9 |
Postcode Area: | LN |
Os Grid Reference: | TF233687 |
London Distance Mi: | 115 |
London Direction: | S |
Langton is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is 1.5miles west of the town of Horncastle.
The village church is a Grade II listed building dedicated to St Margaret, and is a small structure built of greenstone, limestone and red brick. The original church on the site wasmedieval. It was restored in 1750 and subjected to Victorian restoration in 1890 by W Scorer. Foundations of a tower can be seen on the outside of the west wall.[1]
Langton Windmill was built of red brick in 1861, and ceased working in 1936.[2]