Kirk Langley is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire. The village is 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Derby and 2 miles (3.2 km) south east of Brailsford on the A52 road. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census (including Meynell Langley) was 686.[1]
The Meynell family have held land at Kirk Langley since the reign of Henry I, and the village consists of two parts, Kirk Langley with the parish church, and Meynell Langley. The former Meynell Arms Hotel, now a private house, dates from the Georgian period. The Poles of Radbourne have also had landed interests in this area for many years. In the late 1940s a small council estate was built at Kirk Langley, close to the A52.
The Church of St Michael was built in the early 14th century on the site of a much older one, for which traces of a Saxon wall near the west door provides some evidence. It has a Perpendicular tower and contains heraldic glass and tiles. The screen under the tower is one of the oldest timber screens in Derbyshire. There are monuments to the Meynell and Pole families, including a large marble altar tomb commemorating Henry Poole, a prominent local politician who died in 1559, and his wife Dorothy, an elaborate memorial to Lieutenant William Meynell who was killed at Giurgiu on the Danube in 1854 when fighting with the Turks against the Russians, and an early Victorian memorial to a Meynell 'who was deprived of his life in a collision of carriages' in Clay Cross tunnel.
Leeke Memorial Hall was the village school until 1879. It is now the centre of many village activities, accommodating many of the village's societies. It is named after the Rev W. M. Leeke. Until 1952, when mains water reached the village, the ancient Maple Well provided the water supply. The village has a Church of England primary school[2] in Moor Lane, which has about ninety pupils.
kirk, langley, village, civil, parish, derbyshire, village, miles, northwest, derby, miles, south, east, brailsford, road, population, civil, parish, taken, 2011, census, including, meynell, langley, church, location, within, derbyshirepopulation686, 2011, gri. Kirk Langley is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire The village is 4 miles 6 4 km northwest of Derby and 2 miles 3 2 km south east of Brailsford on the A52 road The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census including Meynell Langley was 686 1 Kirk LangleyKirk Langley church Kirk LangleyLocation within DerbyshirePopulation686 2011 OS grid referenceSK288388DistrictAmber ValleyShire countyDerbyshireRegionEast MidlandsCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townASHBOURNEPostcode districtDE6PoliceDerbyshireFireDerbyshireAmbulanceEast MidlandsList of places UK England Derbyshire 52 56 46 N 1 34 19 W 52 946 N 1 572 W 52 946 1 572The Meynell family have held land at Kirk Langley since the reign of Henry I and the village consists of two parts Kirk Langley with the parish church and Meynell Langley The former Meynell Arms Hotel now a private house dates from the Georgian period The Poles of Radbourne have also had landed interests in this area for many years In the late 1940s a small council estate was built at Kirk Langley close to the A52 The Church of St Michael was built in the early 14th century on the site of a much older one for which traces of a Saxon wall near the west door provides some evidence It has a Perpendicular tower and contains heraldic glass and tiles The screen under the tower is one of the oldest timber screens in Derbyshire There are monuments to the Meynell and Pole families including a large marble altar tomb commemorating Henry Poole a prominent local politician who died in 1559 and his wife Dorothy an elaborate memorial to Lieutenant William Meynell who was killed at Giurgiu on the Danube in 1854 when fighting with the Turks against the Russians and an early Victorian memorial to a Meynell who was deprived of his life in a collision of carriages in Clay Cross tunnel Leeke Memorial Hall was the village school until 1879 It is now the centre of many village activities accommodating many of the village s societies It is named after the Rev W M Leeke Until 1952 when mains water reached the village the ancient Maple Well provided the water supply The village has a Church of England primary school 2 in Moor Lane which has about ninety pupils Contents 1 Notable residents 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksNotable residents EditGeorge Barrington cricketer died here See also EditListed buildings in Kirk LangleyReferences Edit Civil Parish population 2011 Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics Retrieved 17 March 2016 Home page Kirk Langley Church of England VC Primary School Retrieved 28 August 2022 External links Edit Media related to Kirk Langley at Wikimedia Commons This Derbyshire location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kirk Langley amp oldid 1107150698, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
