Langthorne

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image = West Farm Langthorne.jpg

| static_image_caption = West Farm, by Langthorne

| coordinates = {{coord|54.31878|-1.61464|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Langthorne

| population = 60

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster =

| post_town = Bedale

| postcode_district = DL8

| postcode_area = DL

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SE251915

}}

Langthorne is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 99 Northallerton & Ripon (Pateley Bridge & Leyburn)|ISBN= 9780319231593 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2013}} Like many settlements in the area during the time of the Domesday Book, the land belonged to Count Alan and had just three villagers registered as living there.{{cite web|last1=Powell-Smith|first1=Anna|title=Langthorne {{!}} Domesday Book|url=http://opendomesday.org/place/SE2591/langthorne/|website=opendomesday.org|accessdate=17 March 2018}} The name of the village means Tall Thorn-Bush (or tree) and derives from the Old English Lang and þorn.{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page=287 |edition=4}}

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The population was estimated to be 60 in 2015.{{cite web|publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|title=Population Estimates|year=2015|url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf|accessdate=20 April 2019}} In the 2011 census the population was included with the parish of Patrick Brompton and not counted separately. It is near Hackforth and the A1(M) motorway {{convert|2|mi}} north of Bedale.

The hamlet used to have two places of worship; the Anglican church was dedicated to St Mary, and the other religious house was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel. Both buildings are now private dwellings.{{cite news |last1=Lloyd |first1=Chris |title=Would ewe believe it? |work=Darlington and Stockton Times |issue=9–2019 |date=28 February 2020 |page=50|issn=2516-5348}}

"A Brief and Recent History of Langthorne" was published in May 2021 following a community project. It is also available online at www.langthornevillage.com