Where is Langar? . . . and Barnstone
Langar and Barnstone are small villages in the East Midlands of England. They lie in the south of the county of Nottinghamshire very close to the border with Leicestershire in a wide shallow valley known as the Vale of Belvoir. This is an area of small villages, countryside and farms.
(For more about nearby villages, go to the Vale of Belvoir.)
There are larger towns not far away:
NORTH of Langar is Newark-on-Trent some 20 miles away;
SOUTH is Melton Mowbray about 10 miles away;
EAST is Grantham 15 miles away;
WEST is the county town, the City of Nottingham about 15 miles away.
These are modern maps of Langar & Barnstone.
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Click to go to the Ordnance Survey website for a very detailed map.
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These are older maps of Langar & Barnstone.
Langar & Barnstone in 1960
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Langar & Barnstone in 1921
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Langar & Barnstone in 1902
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Langar & Barnstone in 1899
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Langar & Barnstone in 1760
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This map shows all of Nottinghamshire - you will have to zoom in to find
Langar and Barnstone on the bottom right of the map (south-east).
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Langar & Barnstone in 1576
This is probably the first time that Langar and Barnstone appeared on a map. It is from an atlas made for William
Cecil, Lord Burghley, Queen Elizabeth I’s Secretary of State (Prime Minister).
This map shows all of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire - you will have to zoom in to find
Langar and Barnstone in the middle towards the bottom of the map - tricky!.
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