In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Langley like this:
LANGLEY CASTLE, a ruined, massive, baronial mansion in the SW of Northumberland; 2 miles S of Haydon-Bridge. The estate connected with it was held by the Tyndales, the Boltebys, the Lurcys, the Percys, and the Ratcliffes; was forfeited by the last Earl of Derwentwater; and belongs now to Greenwich hospital. ...
The mansion is first mentioned in 1365; is described in a survey of 1416, as then in a state of ruin; and appears to remain now in nearly the same condition as then. It forms an oblong square, 82 feet by 25; has great projecting towers at the corners, 66 feet high; and presents an appearance remarkably little time-worn. Smelting mills, for lead and zinc ores, from mines on Alston Moor, are in the neighbourhood, and bear the name of Langley Mills.
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Langley through time
Langley is now part of Tynedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tynedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Langley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Langley, in Tynedale and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25771
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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