Timeline of Events in Langford

944: First mention of Langford.

1086: Langford is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

c.1320: The church of St. Andrew dates from this period; the nave, aisles and tower all belong to a re-building begun about this date.

1817: Langford Bridge was first described after it was badly damaged in floods.

1827: Langford Enclosure Act.

1838: The Lord Nelson Public House first licensed.

1850: The Old Vicarage built by the Rev. Henry Addington, soon after he became Vicar of Langford.

1856: The Red Cow Public House opened.

1861: Langford Methodist Church opened in October.

1873: The village school built.

1896: Methodist Church enlarged.

1920: War Memorial erected, the clock tower was added later.

1921: War memorial unveiled and dedicated.

1926: Alfred Larman started his haulage business.

1945: On the 12th April the tithe barn in Church Street went up in flames.

1946: Langford Bridge taken down.

1951: Langford playing field officially opened on the 18th August.

1960: On 16th November 1960 BAC Jet Provost G-AOUS crashed in Langford. The aircraft hit the village playing field, after the wings had snapped beforehand. Lt-Cdr John Richard Stanley Overbury, the company test pilot, at Luton, was killed.

1965: Langford Drama Club formed. first production was the play 'Friendly Relations', performed in May of that year.

1967: The Langford Diary launched.

1975: Langford Village Hall officially opened on the 26th April, the cost of the building was £60,000.

1984: Langford Watermill closes, in its final years it produced seed grain for Dalgety Seeds.

1994: After major renovation The Lord Nelson Public House was renamed as Sir William Peel.

1998: Langford Drama Club folds due to lack of numbers, the last play is 'Travelling Light'

2015: A solar farm was commissioned and is at the south east of the village.

2016: A slightly dispersed, but closely grouped, hoard of 20 early medieval silver coins dating c.AD 880–923 were found to the west of the River Ivel in the parish of Langford