Langford St Andrew
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1813 to 1880 Baptism Project Langford St Andrew |
Baptisms 1813 to 1880
| The parish of Langford lies in
southwestern Norfolk about 7 miles north of the town of Thetford.
Langford village is sadly no more, the area, requisitioned by the
army during World War 2 remains in military hands and the village
has been demolished. The STANTA Battle Area is a restricted area
with no civilian access under normal circumstances. At the time of
this transcript Langford was a tiny village sitting on the western
banks of the River Wissey and surrounded by the heart of Norfolk's
Breckland. The soils are poor here and arable farming, whilst
present, was junior to pastoral grazing, warrenries and flint
knapping amongst local occupations. Nowadays the area is the
preserve of military training with shelling, gun-fire and
camouflaged troops frequent sightings from the edges of the area.
Occasional visits are organised to allow the descendants of former
residents to pay their respects at family graveyards but generally
this area is closed to the public. St Andrew's church sits, Pevsner reports surrounded by a chain-link fence, just west of the former public road from Bodney to Stanford and just north of the crossing of the Wissey. Only the nave and chancel remain as the tower which sat at the western end fell in 1764 and was demolished and removed. The remains are Norman Romanesque in origin and from the 12th century. Despite extensive Victorian restoration of 1888 some original windows in that style remain to this day. The windows , at one time, were covered over with corrugated iron as a protection from accidental damage during training operations but these unsightly features were later removed. Sporadic visits are entertained by the army but generally there is no public access to the site. |
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