Langton, County Durham facts for kids

The village in 2006

Langton is a village and civil parish in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the west of Darlington, near Headlam and Ingleton. The population of the civil Parish taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Information is contained in the parish of Ingleton, County Durham.

History

Lanton was a parish in Berwickshire containing 7,200 acres (29 km²). The area around the town was frequently invaded in the sixteenth century by the English. Sir George Bowes 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.