Langley

Article Index for
Langley

Articles about
Langley

Website Links For
Langley

Information About

Langley

It is the last name of Samuel Pierpont Langley , a Scientist and early experimenter in manned flight. It is a Measuring Unit named after him.

It can refer to the recording known as The Langley Schools Music Project .

It can refer to Langley Grammar School in Berkshire, England.

It refers to the Langley Mill Pottery in Langley Mill , Derbyshire , England

It can also refer to Asuka Langley from Neon Genesis Evangelion .

A surname often a habitational name from any of the numerous places named with Old English lang ‘long’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘glade’; or a topographic name with the same meaning

It is the name of several places:

Canada

Township Of Langley , a District Municipality in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia

Langley City , the urban core of the Township of Langley (separately incorporated)

Langley is 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 Reserve s named Langley No. 1, Langley No. 2, Langley No. 3 and so on.

Langley is a provincial electoral district centred on Langley, British Columbia.

France

Langley, Vosges , a commune in the Vosges '' Département ''

United Kingdom

Langley, Cheshire

Langley, Essex

Langley, Hampshire

Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire

Kings Langley, Hertfordshire

Langley, Kent

Langley, Northumberland

Langley, Slough in Berkshire . Also known as ''Langley Marish'' and formerly in Buckinghamshire .

Langley, Warwickshire

Langley, West Sussex

There are also Langley Common , Langley Mill , Derbyshire ; Langley Heath , Kent ; Langley Lower Green and Langley Upper Green , Essex ; Langley Park, Durham ; Langley Street , Norfolk ; Langley Burrell , Wiltshire .

United States of America

Langley, Oklahoma

Langley, South Carolina

Langley, Virginia , most famous as home to the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency

Langley, Washington

Langley Park, Maryland

Langley Research Center

Langley Air Force Base

Two United States Navy ships have borne the name ''Langley'', after the American scientific pioneer Samuel Langley .

The first ''Langley'' (CV-1) was the first Aircraft Carrier of the Navy, converted from the Collier ''Jupiter'' in 1922 , and sunk in February 1942 by the Japan ese.

The second ''Langley'' (CVL-27) was a Light Aircraft Carrier commissioned in 1943 , active in World War II , and transferred to France in 1951 .