Little Langton

Little Langton is a hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the hamlet was estimated at 50 in 2015. As the population remained less than 100 at the 2011 census, details were included in the civil parish of Thrintoft. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The grade II* listed Langton Hall was built in about 1770.

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Langton Hall, Little Langton

Langton Hall is a historic building in Little Langton, a village in North Yorkshire, England. The building was constructed in about 1770, for Leonard Smelt. It was enlarged between 1850 and 1860, but in 1960 it was restored to its original form, and was refronted. The house was grade II* listed in 1986. The house is built of red brick with Westmorland slate roofs. The main range has two storeys and a basement, seven bays, a dentilled brick course, a machicolated parapet, and a hipped roof. A stone staircase with railings leads up to the doorway that has a fanlight and side lights, and above it is a Venetian window. The other windows are sashes with flat brick arches. On each end is a full-height bow window. The range is connected at each end by a curved loggia to wings projecting at right angles. The loggias have Roman Doric columns on plinths carrying a frieze and a cornice. The wings have two storeys and eight bays, and contain casement windows.

St Wilfrid's Church, Great Langton

St Wilfrid's Church is an Anglican church in Great Langton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in about 1140, from which period the north and south walls of the nave survive, the south with an original doorway and the north with a doorway probably inserted later in the century. The chancel was rebuilt in the 13th century, and altered in the 14th century. A south porch and north vestry were added in the 19th century, and the central wooden tower was removed and replaced by a bellcote at the west end. The building was grade II listed in 1970. The church is built of rendered sandstone and has a stone slate roof. The church consists of a nave, a south porch, a chancel and a north vestry, and at the west end is a bellcote. The porch is gabled, and has a doorway with a chamfered surround, a pointed arch and a hood mould The inner doorway is Norman, and has columns with cushion capitals. In the chancel is a priest's door with a pointed arch, and at the east end is an angle buttress surmounted by a pinnacle. Inside, there is a 15th-century effigy of a priest.

Great Langton

Great Langton is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The village lies on the B6271 road, between Scorton and Northallerton, on the northern bank of the River Swale and it was once known as Langton-upon-Swale. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The village church is St Wilfrid's Church, Great Langton; there used to be also the Chapel of the Good Shepherd, which has now been converted into a residential property. There was once a school in Great Langton but it also closed and is now a residential property. The village pub, which was known as The Langton Hotel until it changed its name to The Wishing Well in the 1970s, closed in 2004. The village is a short distance from Kiplin Hall, the stately home built by George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, the founder of Maryland.

Kirkby Fleetham

Kirkby Fleetham is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the A1(M) road. Along with the two nearby villages of Great Fencote and Little Fencote it forms the civil parish of Kirkby Fleetham and Fencote. At the 2011 census, it was recorded as having a population of 560.