Langenhoe

{{Short description|Village in Essex, England}}

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Langenhoe is a village in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England, located south of Colchester. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 536, increasing to 572 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125410&c=CO5+7AN&d=16&e=62&g=6424429&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1443534801591&enc=1|title=Parish populations 2011|access-date=29 September 2015}}

The village church was once reputed to be amongst the most haunted buildings in Essex.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/halloween/11197088/Ten-places-to-spot-ghosts-this-Halloween.html|title=Ten places to spot ghosts this Hallowe'en|last=Adams|first=Paul|journal=The Daily Telegraph|date=2014-10-29|access-date=2018-03-19|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} This ancient church, which had been damaged in the Essex earthquake of 1884,{{Cite web|url=http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/14328604.MEMORIES__Postcard_images_show_damage_caused_by_the__Colchester_Earthquake_/|title=MEMORIES: Postcard images show damage caused by the 'Colchester Earthquake'|website=Gazette|date=8 March 2016 |language=en|access-date=2018-03-19}} was closed to worship in 1955 and demolished in 1963 after it was deemed structurally unsafe.

The name Langenhoe is from the Old English for ‘long hill-spur’.{{Cite book|title=A dictionary of British place-names|last=Mills|first=Anthony David|date=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|others=Mills, A. D. (Anthony David), 1935-|isbn=0198527586|location=Oxford|oclc=59290127}}