Meynell Langley Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:WW2 guard outpost - cropped - 205762.jpg
Static Image Caption:Pillbox at Meynell Langley.
Coordinates:52.955°N -1.554°W
Map Type:Derbyshire
Official Name:Meynell Langley
Shire District:Amber Valley
Shire County:Derbyshire
Region:East Midlands
Post Town:ASHBOURNE
Postcode District:DE6
Postcode Area:DE
Os Grid Reference:SK300398

Meynell Langley is a small area of settlement in Derbyshire, England. It is located between Kirk Langley and Kedleston.

Meynell Langley Hall is the ancestral home of the Meynell family.[1] In 2015 Godfrey Meynell who had been High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1982, and his son, placed a version of Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno by Joseph Wright in an auction at Sotheby's. It was one of the Wright paintings that were kept at Meynell Langley Hall. The money raised was to be donated to assist Syrian refugees in Greece. This painting had been in their family since 1840.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meynell Langley Hall. 13 December 2011.
  2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-35042319 Joseph Wright painting to be sold in aid of Syrian refugees