Kirk Langley

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Kirk Langley

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Kirk Langley church.

Kirk Langley (Derbyshire)
Kirk Langley

Kirk Langley shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference SK288388
District Amber Valley
Shire county Derbyshire
Region East Midlands
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ASHBOURNE
Postcode district DE6
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
European Parliament East Midlands
List of places: UKEnglandDerbyshire

Coordinates: 52°56′46″N 1°34′19″W / 52.946, -1.572

Kirk Langley is a village in Derbyshire. The village is four miles north of Derby and two miles south east of Brailsford on the A52 road. There are in fact two villages: Kirk Langley and Meynell Langley.

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[edit] History

The Meynell family have held land here since Henry I.[1] In 1545, the local church of St Michael was nearly destroyed in a tempest.[2]

[edit] Today

The village has a Church of England primary school[3] which has about fifty pupils.

[edit] Notable residents

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