Langton by Wragby

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}

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| static_image_caption = St Giles' Church, Langton by Wragby

| country = England

| official_name = Langton by Wragby

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| shire_district = East Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region = East Midlands

| constituency_westminster = Gainsborough

| post_town = Market Rasen

| postcode_district = LN8

| postcode_area = LN

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| os_grid_reference = TF147770

| london_distance_mi = 125

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Langton by Wragby is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies approximately {{Convert|1|mi|km}} south-east from Wragby, on the A158 Horncastle road.

Langton Wood is a small, previously extra-parochial area, now included in the parish.[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/LangtonbyWragby "Langton by Wragby"]; Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2011

The church is dedicated to St Giles, and is of 14th-century origin, although it was rebuilt in 1866. It is a Grade II listed building.{{cite web|title=St Giles' Church, Langton by Wragby|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/St-Giles--Church--Langton-by-Wragby/226750.record?pt=S|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|access-date=10 May 2011}}{{cite web|title=Church of St Giles, Langton By Wragby|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-195400-church-of-st-giles-langton-by-wragby|publisher=British Listed Buildings|access-date=10 May 2011}}

Langton Court is the former vicarage, now a house, built in the middle of the 18th century with some 19th-century additions. It is a Grade II listed building.{{cite web|title=Langton Court, Langton by Wragby|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/Langton-Court--Langton-by-Wragby/962799.record?pt=S|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|access-date=10 May 2011}}{{cite web|title=Langton Court, Langton By Wragby|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-195401-langton-court-langton-by-wragby|publisher=British Listed Buildings|access-date=10 May 2011}}

The early 13th-century Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton, was the son of Henry Langton of Langton by Wragby, and may have been born in a moated farmhouse west of the church.Holdsworth, Christopher: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16044?docPos=1 Stephen Langton, Oxford Online Dictionary of National Biography, 2004]

The "Stephen Langton Trail" devised to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta, starts in Langton by Wragby and leads to Lincoln, where there is an original copy of the charter.[https://ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=Stephen+Langton+Trail "Stephen Langton Trail", The Long Distance Walkers Association]