Continuing visiting villages on the Villager 2 bus route alighted at Langar on the Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire border. A small village with a lot of history.
Top: St Andrews Church, The old school.
Botton: Rosie and Elsie, pigmy goats at the hall, Langar Hall, The first violet
The Old School was built in 1842
Langar Hall Gerard Rodes one of the first recorded landowners in the 12th century; passing at times through the female line to the, Tibetots, Scropes and Howes. After the death of Admiral Lord Howe in 1799, it lay empty for 20 years until it was sold to Mr Marriot a prosperous farmer.
The original hall was built on lower ground but in 1665 it was abandoned and the new one built in its present position but during Mr Marriot’s tenure all but the kitchen was demolished after a fire and the present house built in 1835.
In 1860 the hall was bought by the present owner’s great grandmother. It is now run as a country hotel and restaurant
St Andrews Church. Often called the ‘Cathedral of the Vale’ due to its large size for such a small village. In Saxon times it was a place of pilgrimage. It was built around the 13th Century and in the 15th century the roof was raised allowing for inclusion of a clerestory letting more light into the nave. Around 1860 the church underwent major refurbishment work.
There are memorials to the Scropes and Howes in the church
