The Langton Millenium
A book by Reid Linney
Published 2021
Reid (pictured above) lives in California and is a descendant of the Langtons from near Spilsby/Partney in Lincolnshire. He has been in contact with LostLangtons for many years and has been a kind supporter of LostLangtons throughout. He has shared our interest in all things Langton, and has held a particular interest in George Langton who is known for his diaries in which he recorded many interesting things ranging from the weather, political and world events, and of course his family based at Langton in Lincolnshire.
A book was published in 1998 covering some of George's diaries, titled The Diaries of George Langton (1647-1727). That book, written by David Hammilton, is out of print but if you are lucky (as I was) it can be picked up via Amazon marketplace or somewhere like Abebooks (you can set up notifications so you get an email when a copy becomes available).
David has also been a long-time contact of LostLangtons and we have always been impressed by his research. Reid, equally impressed by David's excellent work, has corresponded with David over many years and has managed to track down another of George's diaries, this one held by the Library of Wales. They remain on the lookout for other years of the diaries for which they have found evidence of their existence but their current wearabouts are unknown - see The Search for the Missing Diaries of George Langton
Following the discovery of the diary in Wales, Reid wrote a book, which covers the Langton by Spilsby/Partney family from the 12th century to the present day, and includes many interesting entries from George Langton's Wales diary! The book is available for free in digital form here on Googledrive. One of Reid's relatives also published it in hardcopy here on Amazon.com for anyone who preferred a hand-held version to a digital one.
Reid kindly made a donation to LostLangtons to enable us to purchase a hardcopy which we have thoroughly enjoyed reading, in particular all the wealth of detail Reid has uncovered about George and his family members, including the advetures of his son Peregrine to the South Seas and George's great-grandson Algernon's battles in Europe against Napolean!
We recommend the book to anyone with an interest in the Langtons, or indeed in history and genealogy more generally.