Langley, Norfolk

Description
Langley, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The village stands near the river Yare, 1 mile N by W of Loddon and 3 miles SW from Buckenham station on the G.E.R.; is a widely-scattered place; was once a market-town, and has an old cross in Langley Park, surmounted by four statues, marking the junction of the four parishes of Langley, Chedgrave, Thurton, and Carleton St Peter. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Loddon, under Norwich. The parish comprises 2716 acres; population, 283. The manor, with the property, and with Langley Hall, belong to the Proctor-Beanchamp family The Hall was erected in 1740 and subsequently enlarged, is an elegant edifice, contains many valuable paintings and other works of art, and stands in a beautiful park of 800 acres. A Premonstratensian abbey was founded at the Grange in 1198 by Robert Fitz-Roger, was given at the dissolution to the Berneys, and is now represented by some ruins. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £51. The church is a building of flint in the Perpendicular style, consisting of nave, chancel, and an embattled western tower.