Langley, Hertfordshire

Coordinates: 51°53′17″N 0°14′02″W / 51.88799°N 0.23398°W

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Langley
Former Farmer's Boy Public House, Langley
Langley Location within Hertfordshire
Population	175 (2011 Census)^[1]
OS grid reference	TL217224
Civil parish	Langley
District	North Hertfordshire
Shire county	Hertfordshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Hitchin
Postcode district	SG4
Dialling code	01438

Police	Hertfordshire
Fire	Hertfordshire
Ambulance	East of England

UK Parliament	Hitchin and Harpenden
List of places UK England Hertfordshire 51°53′17″N 0°14′02″W / 51.88799°N 0.23398°W / 51.88799; -0.23398

Langley is a hamlet and civil parish in the non-metropolitan district of North Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire. The population was 175 in the 2011 census.^[1]^[2] It is located four miles south of Hitchin, on the B656 road near the large town of Stevenage.^[3] Minsden Chapel lies within the parish.

Prior to 1894, Langley and neighbouring Preston were part of the parish of Hitchin, together forming a long salient to the south of the town itself.^[4] Langley and Preston became separate civil parishes as a result of the Local Government Act 1894, with effect from the first parish meeting on 4 December 1894.^[5] Langley civil parish was then included in the Hitchin Rural District between 1894 and 1974, when it became part of North Hertfordshire.

Governance

North Hertfordshire District Council

Langley is located within the local government district of North Hertfordshire and within the Ward of Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo, a Multi Member Ward currently represented by three Conservative councillors (Cllr David Barnard, Cllr Claire Strong and Cllr Faye Frost).

Hertfordshire County Council

Langley is located within the Hertfordshire County Council Division of Knebworth and Codicote and is represented by Cllr Richard Thake (Conservative).

Parliamentary Representation

The Parish is represented in Parliament by Bim Afolami MP (Conservative) who was first elected as the MP for Hitchin and Harpenden in 2017.

References

^ ^a ^b "Langley Parish Local Area Report". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
^ "Knebworth Langley Lilley". North Hertfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
^ Ordnance Survey Sheet 221, revised 1893
^ Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73)

v t e Civil parishes in Hertfordshire
Dacorum (partly parished)	Aldbury Berkhamsted Bovingdon Chipperfield Flamstead Flaunden Great Gaddesden Kings Langley Little Gaddesden Markyate Nash Mills Nettleden with Potten End Northchurch Tring Tring Rural Wigginton
East Hertfordshire (wholly parished)	Albury Anstey Ardeley Aspenden Aston Bayford Bengeo Rural Benington Bishop's Stortford Bramfield Braughing Brent Pelham Brickendon Liberty Buckland Buntingford Cottered Datchworth Eastwick Gilston Furneux Pelham Great Amwell Great Munden Hertford Hertford Heath Hertingfordbury High Wych Hormead Hunsdon Little Berkhamsted Little Hadham Little Munden Meesden Much Hadham Sacombe Sawbridgeworth Standon Stanstead Abbots Stanstead St Margarets Stapleford Stocking Pelham Tewin Thorley Thundridge Walkern Ware Wareside Watton-at-Stone Westmill Widford Wyddial
Hertsmere (partly parished)	Aldenham Elstree and Borehamwood Hertsmere Meriden Shenley South Mimms and Ridge
North Hertfordshire (partly parished)	Ashwell Barkway Barley Bygrave Caldecote Clothall Codicote Graveley Great Ashby Hexton Hinxworth Holwell Ickleford Kelshall Kimpton King's Walden Knebworth Langley Lilley Newnham Nuthampstead Offley Pirton Preston Radwell Reed Royston Rushden Sandon St Ippolyts St Paul's Walden Therfield Wallington Weston Wymondley
St Albans (partly parished)	Colney Heath Harpenden Town Harpenden Rural London Colney Redbourn Sandridge St Michael St Stephen Wheathampstead
Three Rivers (partly parished)	Abbots Langley Batchworth Chorleywood Croxley Green Sarratt Watford Rural
Welwyn Hatfield (partly parished)	Ayot St Lawrence Ayot St Peter Essendon Hatfield North Mymms Northaw and Cuffley Welwyn Woolmer Green
Wholly unparished boroughs	Broxbourne Stevenage Watford
See also	List of places in Hertfordshire

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