Langport

Also known as Langport, Somerset

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.

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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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Wikidata facts

Population: 1081
Image: Langport Parrett.jpg
Dialing code: 01458

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Commons category: Langport
OS grid reference: ST420268
postal code: TA10

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==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.