Two Nottinghamshire villages in the Vale of Belvoir
WHERE?
Langar is a small village in the Vale of Belvoir in south Nottinghamshire. It is part of the parish of Langar cum Barnstone close to the border with Leicestershire. Barnstone, a mile to the east, is a little smaller than Langar.
NORTH of Langar is Newark-on-Trent some 20 miles away; just over 10 miles SOUTH is Melton Mowbray; 15 miles to the EAST is Grantham and the city of Nottingham is 15 miles WEST of Langar & Barnstone.
Langar & Barnstone
WHAT'S THERE?
Almost 1000 people live in Langar and Barnstone in some 400 houses.
In each village there is an old church; Langar has a primary school, a pub and a hotel. And both villages have a number of historic buildings. However, most people live in houses built in the 20th century. Langar and Barnstone are country villages completely surrounded by farmland.
WORK
Farms here grow cereals such as wheat and barley; root crops include potatoes and sugar beet. There are pig, sheep and especially cattle farms - this area is well-known for milk and cheese. Farmland covers a large area but few people work on farms.
There are industrial units near Langar Airfield, a wild-flower nursery and a cement works at Barnstone, but many people travel to work in Nottingham and larger towns nearby.
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ABOUT this website: I put this site together for the young people of Langar and Barnstone; I am William Dargue, a retired primary school teacher and a bit of a history buff. I want to show how the story of English history is also the story of people who lived and laughed and worked and played around Langar and Barnstone where you live live now.
There's no original research here: everything on this site can be found on the world wide web. I take all responsibility for this website.
Weblinks: There are lots of links on this site connecting to external websites (many from the BBC) which I've tried and tested and consider suitable for a young audience. However, I am not responsible for and cannot vouch for the content of external websites. External weblinks are blue and underlined, with a note in red that you are leaving this website. All weblinks should work on home computers but some content, YouTube, for instance, may be blocked if you're using a school network; these should be accessible to school staff. Internal hyperlinks are green and underlined.
This website does work on a mobile phone; it's better on a tablet, but it's best viewed on a computer screen.
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