Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire

Langtoft
Langtoft shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
Population	457
OS grid reference	TA010667
Parish	Langtoft
Unitary authority	East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	East Riding of Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DRIFFIELD
Postcode district	YO25 3xx
Dialling code	01377
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	East Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°′″N 0°′″W / 54.087163, -0.457053

Langtoft, showing the primary school (photo by Stephen Horncastle)

Langtoft is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Situated 6 miles north of Driffield town centre and lying on the B1249 between Driffield and Foxholes. The chronicler Pierre de Langtoft took his name from the village. Also resident in the village during the same era was Margaret De Langtoft, who later became one of the five nuns that formed the Sisterhood of Rosedale Priory.

According to the 2001 UK census, Langtoft parish had a population of 457.

There is a village pub, The Ship Inn. The village shop shut in 2007 and the post office in 2004. Several other small businesses are, however, present and thriving in the village. Broadband is available after a scheme to connect all Yorkshire villages by Yorkshire Forward. Broadband is also available over WiFi using Wireless mesh network in a project started before ASDL was made available. There is also a primary school although this recently announced the closure of the junior years which means that children will now catch the school bus to Driffield.

In the centre of the village is the village green which used to be pond. Some people still refer to this site as the pond. There is a monument to the people of the village that died in the two wars.

The village itself was flooded in 1657 and 1892. A plaque can be found commemorating the floods on the corner of Back Street and Front street that reads:

Minor flooding can be seen on Front Street during heavy rain and in 2007 the 'pond' flooded causing the road to be closed.

The village has grown over the past few years with many new houses being built. There is a joke that Langtoft is the village with "a house in every garden" reflecting the fact that a lot of homeowners' land has been sold to developers who have then built on it.

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