Langley, Slough

Langley, Slough

infobox UK place

country = England
official_name= Langley
unitary_england= Slough
lieutenancy_england=Berkshire
region= South East England

constituency_westminster= Slough
population=
post_town= SLOUGH
postcode_district=SL3
postcode_area=SL
dial_code= 01753
os_grid_reference= TQ005795
latitude= 51.5059
longitude= -0.5526
website =http://www.langleyvillage.co.uk/

Langley (also known as Langley Marish) is a village in the unitary authority of Slough, Berkshire in South East England.

Until boundary reorganisation in 1974, Langley was in the county of Buckinghamshire.

The parish church of St. Mary the Virgin is in the parish of Langley Marish in the diocese of Oxford. The church houses the Kedermister Library, given by Sir John Kedermister, who also endowed the surviving almshouses of 1617 in the village.

Other surviving almshouses include the Seymour Almshouses (1679-1688), given by Sir Edward Seymour who was the Speaker of the House of Commons, and those founded in 1839 by William Wild in Horsemoor Green.

Langley Hall is now part of East Berkshire College.

Langley railway station is on the Oxford-Reading-Slough-London Paddington line. The train operator for this route is First Great Western Link.

The writer John Pudney was a native of Langley.

The Hawker Aircraft Company had an airstrip in Langley during World War II. Many aircraft were manufactured there including the Hawker Hurricane. No remains of this facility remain now, although there are various road names such as Spitfire Close and Hurricane Way. The land that was used as an airstrip is now occupied by Parlaunt Road. Later the Ford Motor Company had a commercial vehicles plant on the site. This produced the Ford Transit until production was transferred to Swaythling, Southampton, and later the Ford Cargo. The plant became part of Iveco in the 1980s, and closed in 1997. The site is now used for housing, warehousing (including Royal Mail's International Mail Centre which services nearby Heathrow airport) and offices.

External links

* [http://www.langleyvillage.co.uk/ Langley Village website]


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