Langley, Cheshire

Village in Cheshire, England

Human settlement in England

List of places: UK; England; Cheshire

53°14′28″N 2°05′31″W / 53.241°N 2.092°W / 53.241; -2.092

Langley is a semi-rural village in civil parish of Sutton, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the River Bollin, near Macclesfield and Macclesfield Forest. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 554.^[1]

Langley Mill, founded by William Smith in 1826, became the biggest silk printing, dyeing and finishing works in the world.^[2] The mill later went on to become Specialised Automobile Services, a specialist wire wheel manufacturer for classic and modern cars.

The painter Charles Tunnicliffe was born in Langley and painted many birds at the four reservoirs behind the village in Macclesfield Forest.

The village pub, The St Dunstan, is located on Main Road (the main road through the village). Langley also has a Methodist church and a village hall.

In popular culture

Langley was mentioned in the first episode of the TV series Ashes to Ashes, in February 2008, when DI Alex Drake, played by Keeley Hawes, mentions Langley, Virginia, most famous as home to the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency. Her colleague, DC Chris Skelton, remarks "isn't that near Macclesfield?". Skelton is played by Macclesfield-born actor Marshall Lancaster.^[3]

References

Notes

^ "Langley". City Population De. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
^ Collins & Stevenson 1995, p. 71
^ "We were just boys with toys". The Northern Echo. 21 May 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

Bibliography

Collins, Louanne; Stevenson, Moira (1995). Macclesfield: The Silk Industry. Images of England. Macclesfield Museums Trust (New Pocket Edition 2006 ed.). Stroud, Gloucester: Nonsuch Publishing Limited. ISBN 1-84588-294-6. OCLC 33970163.