Langham Almanack 1941
Abbey, W, groom
Abbott, J, grazier
Ainsworth, Sir, Cotton Cottage
Almond, C, labourer
Baird, W J, Ranksborough Hall
Barker, Miss, school teacher
Bayliss, F, labourer
Bellamy, Mary, school caretaker
Bevan, Capt., Langham Cottage
Bishop, Capt, The Manor
Bristow, Mrs.
Bryant, E, brewer
Burdett, Mrs E,
Burdett, G, gardener
Burdett, D, labourer
Burdett, C D, electrician
Burdett, Miss J, Bridge Street
Burdett, Mrs
Cartwright, Mrs, Rose cottage
Chambers, H
Clarke, J S, joiner & undertaker
Clarke, W
Coulston, -,farm worker
Claxton Miss, Langham House
Cloxton, J, railwayman
Cloxton, G W, labourer
Cloxton, G, chauffeur
Coles, Mrs
Coleman, C, “Wheatsheaf” inn
Conder, H,
Cousins, A H, shop assistant
Cousins, H, groom
Cousins, H, junr, labourer
Crane, W, blacksmith
Cole, F, chauffeur handyman
Cross, Mrs
Crump, -, signalman
Dalgleish, J, painter
Davenport, C, stud groom
Davie, G, “Noel Arms” inn
Davis, C, lorry driver
Dawe, W, stud groom
Denny, Mrs
Denny, F J, waggoner
Denny, G, shire-horseman
Edgson, P.O. phone inspector
Edgson, W, grazier
Edgson, J, labourer
Edwards, S, roadman
Ellingworth, Miss, schoolmistress
Ellingworth, G, Ashwell Road
Fanshaw, Mrs, The Moorings
Faulks, G, lorry driver
Faulks, H, labourer
Faulks, G, shepherd
French, Mrs, Church Street
Fletcher, J W, “Black Horse" inn
Gibson, G, platelayer
Glenn, A,
Goddard,
Grant, T, groom
Greasley, -, farmer
Griggs, W, shepherd
Griggs, L, herdsman, Rocott
Hale, K B, baker
Harris, Mrs A
Harris, P, grazier
Harris, G
Harris, A, labourer
Hill, C, grazier and dairyman
Hogg, R
Hollingworth, J, hedgecutter
Holmes, Miss A, school teacher
Horton, G, labourer
Houldin, E, Briggins Cottage
Hoyles, W
Hubbard, T,
Hubbard, H, RN
Isaac, Mrs A, Post Office
Isaacs, R
Jackson, Mrs
Jackson, Miss, back lane
James, W labourer
Jameson, , Miss
Johnstone, D, shopkeeper
Keay, -, district nurse
Lee, J
Lee, Miss, L.R.A.M., music teacher
Little, J
Mallory, MA., L. The, Rev.
James Male, F, stud groom
Mantle, Miss, Southfield
Mantle, M R, farmer
Matthews, - -
Meadows, C, shepherd
Meadows, A,
Minor, H, general dealer
Moir, A, head gardener
Munday, Mrs
Munday, E S, brewers traveller
Munton, F,
Needham, Mrs, Brewery Row
Nourish, W & J, engineers
Nourish, T, engineer
Nourish, Joe, engineer
Nutall, M M
Oldring, Mrs
Palmer, R, chauffeur
Payne, D
Palmer, Mrs W
Payne, Miss
Pepper, J, labourer
Pitts, W H, Ranksborough
Poynten, W
Poole, W H
Quickfall, Mrs
Revell, R, grazier & dairyman
Revell, R S, carpenter & joiner
Rowett, T H, carpenter & verger
Royce, W P, farmer
Royce, W, labourer
Royce, Miss
Roythorne, W, waggoner
Roythorne, Mrs
Roythorne, H, labourer
Ruddle, G K F, brewer
Rudkin, J
Rudkin, W, farmer
Sage, Rev. G
Saxby, E,
Scarborough, T
Seaton, D, carpenter
Segrott, H
Sewell, Mrs
Sewell, Mrs
Sharpe,
Shuttlewood, Mrs, shopkeeper
Simons, F
Simmons, G
Skidmore, W
Skipworth, Miss
Slaney, H J, estate agent
Smart, J, gardener
Smith, C W, cellarman
Smith, O H, Old Hall
Smith Mrs S, Church Cottage
Smith, J W
Smith, L, “Claremont”
Smith, -, Well Street
Spence,
Spratling, W
Squires, C, farmer
Squires, H, groom
Symonds, J
Symonds, -, School House
Stacey, O, grocer & provision dealer
Stafford, Smith, W H Farmer
Steel, Mrs B
Steel, E
Steel, R,
Stapleton,
Swingler, Mrs
Swinton, E
Tidd, D, grocer
Trigg, G, the Gatehouse
Treacher, Mrs
Walker, J, farmer & dairyman
Walker, B
Walker, J, farm labourer
Walsh, Hon Mrs
Warrington, J
Weston, G, grazier, The Woodlands
Whadcoat, Capt., Langham Lodge
Webb, Miss, Fell Dyke Cottage
Weston, T
Wilkinson, W, groom
Williams,
Williams, T, labourer
Williamson, P
Williamson, G, farm worker
Williamson, F, coal merchant
Williamson, M, farm worker
Williamson, W, traveller
Williamson, G
Williamson, Francis, shepherd
Wilson, Mrs
Wright, A, labourer
Wright, E, Police constable
Langham,
a
township
and
large
parish,
on
the
Melton
Mowbray
Road,
in
the
Oakham
Soke
Hundred
and
union,
eight
miles
north-west
from
Melton
Mowbray,
two
north-west
from
Oakham,
and
104½
from
London.
The
church
of
St
Peter
and
St
Paul
is
an
old
building,
with
a
tower,
six
bells
and
spire.
It
has
a
naive
with
aisles
and
transept
in
the
early
decorated
style,
and
is
much
admired
for
its
antiquity,
built
1225.
The
living
is
in
the
Patronage
of
G. Finch
Esq.;
The Rev Heneage
Finch,
M.A.
vicar
of
Oakham,
is
the
incumbent
and
the
Rev
James
Francis
Turner
M.A.
curate,
in
the
archdeaconry
of
Northampton
and
diocese
of
Peterborough.
Langham
is
stated
to
be
the
birthplace
of
Simon
de
Langham,
Archbishop
of
Adcock, Joseph - Baker and beer retailer
Almond, Charles; Farmer and grazier
Almond, Charles; Wheelwright
Almond, John; Whitesmith
Angwin, Benjamin; Master of National School
Bullimore, John; Grazier
Campbell, Donald; Master of Free School
Casterton, John; Grazier
Chambers, Humphrey; Blacksmith
Chapman, John; Farmer and grazier
Cox, William; Farmer and grazier
Coy, Thomas; Cattle dealer and grazier
Cunnington, Peter; ‘Black Horse’
Dain, Horace; Farmer and grazier
Dorman, Thomas; Farmer and grazier
Faulks, Joseph; Carpenter
Faulks, Thomas; Carpenter
Fowler, Frances; (Mrs.), Postmistress
Fowler, George; Blacksmith
Fowler, John; Boot and shoemaker
Hayes, Henry; Shopkeeper
Hayes, Philip; Farmer and grazier Crowcot Lodge
Houlden, Harriet (Mrs.); Farmer
Hubbard, Frances (Miss.); Grazier
Hubbard, James; Farmer and grazier
Hubbard, John; Maltster
Hubbard, William; Cattle dealer and grazier
Innocent, William; Baker and Miller
Johnson, Charles; Farmer and grazier
Johnson, John; Shopkeeper
Laxton, Samuel; Farmer and grazier
Mantle, Matthias; Farmer and grazier
Mantle, Royce; Baker
Canterbury,
whose
likeness
no
doubt,
forms
a
corbel
to
one
of
the
arches.
The
particular
Baptists
and
Wesleyan
Methodists
have
each
place
of
worship.
The
British
school,
erected
in
1841,
by
the
Earl
of
Gainsborough,
is
a
neat
building,
in
the
Swiss
style;
and
with
the
exception
of
a
small
weekly
payment
from
the
parents
of
the
children,
it
is
wholly
supported
by
his
Lordship,
who
is
Lord
of
the
Manor;
a
national
school
was
built
also
by
the
present
vicar
in
1843.
There
are
many
excellent
charities
in
the
parish.
The
number
of
acres is 3500, and the population in 1851, was 628.
Ranksborough
Hill,
1½
miles
north-west,
was
the
seat
of
a
Roman
establishment.
Crowcot
(Rocott)
is a farm.
Meadow, Nathanial; Baker
Munday, Thomas; Butcher and Tailor
Nettleship, Mary (Mrs.); Mistress of National School
Prideaux, John; ‘Noel Arms’
Riley, Thomas; Grazier
Riley, William; Butcher
Royce, Elizabeth (Mrs.); Grazier
Rudkin, Henry John; Farmer, grazier and maltster
Rudkin, John; Grazier
Rudkin, John Henry; Butcher
Rose, John; Beer retailer – Langham Place
Sewell, John; Weaver
Sharman, Joseph; ‘Wheatsheaf’
Sharpe, Peter; Grazier
Sharrard, William; Farmer and grazier
Shaw, John; Farmer and grazier
Sherwin, Martha (Mrs.) Shopkeeper
Sherwin, Samuel; Stonemason
Shuttlewood, Joel; Grazier
Smith, John; Grazier
Smith, William; Farmer and grazier
Snowdin, William; Farmer Crowcot Lodge
Stafford, George; Farmer and grazier
Stanhope, Francis; Farmer
Stimson, Benjamin; Carpenter
Stimson, William; Carpenter
Swingler, Thomas; Farmer and Grazier
Thorpe, Richard; Boot and Shoemaker
Towell, William; ‘Royal Oak’
Towell, William; Boot and Shoemaker
Williamson, John; Farmer and Grazier
Williamson, Mary Ann (Mrs.) Farmer and Grazier
Post Office – Mrs. Frances Fowler, receiver. Letters
arrive from Oakham at 8am and dispatched at 5pm.
The nearest money order office is at Oakham.
Public Schools: –
Free, Donald Campbell, master: Mrs. Mary Nettleship, mistress.
National, (for boys only). Benjamin Angwin, master.
Kelly’s Directory 1855
Notes:
Crowcot = Rocott;
Parish 2918.4 acres;
Langham is eight miles South East of Melton Mowbray;