Langport
Sign in to saveLangport is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, west of Somerton. The parish, which covers only part of the town, has a population of 3,578. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a separate parish that includes much of the town's outskirts.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Cheapside, Langport - geograph.org.uk - 5871475.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Shops in the centre of Langport.
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Langport
- UK place.population
- 3,578
- UK place.unitary_england
- Somerset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Somerset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Glastonbury and Somerton
- UK place.post_town
- LANGPORT
- UK place.postcode_district
- TA10
- UK place.postcode_area
- TA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01458
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST420268
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Langport is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, west of Somerton. The parish, which covers only part of the town, has a population of 3,578. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a separate parish that includes much of the town's outskirts.
==History== Langport (old forms are "Langeberga" and "Langeport") consists of two parts, one on the hill and one by the River Parrett. The former owed its origin to its defensible position, and the latter its growth to its facilities for trade on the chief river of Somerset. Eilert Ekwall translates it as "long town" or "long market". Its name looks like Anglo-Saxon for "long port", but it may be "long market place" that could have been on the causeway that is now Bow Street.