Langley

Langley is a surname, often a habitational name from any of the numerous places named with Old English lang (meaning ‘long’) + lēah (meaning ‘wood’ or ‘glade’).

Langley may also refer to:

People

Samuel Pierpont Langley, a scientist and early experimenter in manned flight
Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, Cardinal and Lord Chancellor
Langley, a powerful Lancashire family who owned much land around Middleton and Prestwich near Manchester from the 14th Century, descended from the de Langleys, who came to Britain with William the Conqueror. The family included:
Sir Robert Langley, appointed Dean of York in 1386, though his appointment was blocked by Pope Boniface IX due to his part in the murder of King Richard II
Charles Langley, elected Bishop of London and Archbishop of York in 1404, despite opposition from Rome; the Pope went on to excommunicate Langley as well as the king, who had promoted him

Places

Langley is the name of several places:

Canada

Langley, British Columbia (district municipality), a district municipality in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia
Langley, British Columbia (city), an urban municipality next to the Township of Langley (separately incorporated)
Langley (electoral district), a Canadian federal electoral district in British Columbia, which encompasses the above city and district municipality of Langley, British Columbia, as well as numerous Indian reserves named Langley No. 1, Langley No. 2, Langley No. 3 and so on
Langley (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district centred on Langley, British Columbia

France

Langley, Vosges, a commune in the Vosges département

England

Settlements
Langley, Cheshire
Langley, Derbyshire
Langley, Essex
Langley, Gloucestershire
Langley, Hampshire
Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire
Kings Langley, Hertfordshire
Langley, Hertfordshire (between Hitchin and Codicote, approx. 20 km NE of Abbots Langley and Kings Langley)
Langley, Kent
Langley Park, Norfolk (site of a private school)
Langley Street, Norfolk (a village near the school)
Langley, Northumberland
Langley, Oxfordshire
Langley, Greater Manchester, an area of Middleton.
Langley, Sandwell
Langley in Berkshire, also known as Langley Marish - formerly in Buckinghamshire
Langley, Somerset
Langley, Warwickshire
Langley, West Sussex
Langley Burrell, Wiltshire
Langley Common, Derbyshire
Langley Heath, Kent
Langley Green, West Sussex near Crawley in West Sussex, England.
Langley Green, Sandwell near Sandwell in the West Midlands of England.
Langley Lower Green, Essex
Langley Upper Green, Essex
Langley Mill, Derbyshire
Langley Mill Pottery, a former pottery maker
Landmarks
Langley Castle, in Northumberland, England, and its associated medieval Prescriptive Barony, originally held by the Tyndall family
Langley Chapel in Shropshire, England, a preserved 17th century Anglican church
Langley Park, Durham
Langley Street, Norfolk

USA

Langley, Arkansas
Langley, Oklahoma
Langley, South Carolina
Langley, Virginia, most famous as home to the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency
Langley, Washington
Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia
Langley Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Langley Covered Bridge, St. Joseph county, Michigan
Langley High School (disambiguation)
Langley Island (Maryland)
Langlee Island
Langley Park, Maryland
Langley Research Center (NASA) in Hampton, Virginia
Langley Street, Georgia
Mt. Langley (California)

Schools

Langley School, Loddon in Norfolk, England
Langley Grammar School in Berkshire, England
Langley Academy, Slough in Berkshire, England
Langley High School (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, United States
Langley High School (Fairfax County, Virginia), in McLean, Virginia, United States
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School, Middleton, Manchester, England (named after Cardinal Thomas Langley)

Things

The langley (unit), a unit of measurement of solar radiation
The Langley extrapolation, a technique for measuring the Sun's radiance from ground-based instrumentation
The Langley Schools Music Project, a recording
Langley (constructor), a former racing car constructor

Ships

Two United States Navy ships have borne the name Langley, after the American scientific pioneer Samuel Pierpont Langley: USS Langley (CV-1), the first aircraft carrier of the Navy, converted from the collier Jupiter in 1922, and sunk in February 1942 by the Japanese
USS Langley (CVL-27), a light aircraft carrier commissioned in 1943, active in World War II, and transferred to France in 1951

Translation

The word "Langley" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Low Saxon, Polish, Slovenian, Finnish, Volapük.

Translation(s) in other languages: Hebrew: לאנגלי (פירושונים), Japanese: ラングレイ, Portuguese: Langley (desambiguação), Russian: Лэнгли (значения).