Langrish
Langrish was a sub-manor dependent upon the manor of East Meon. It was held by John Langrish in 1419 and continued in the Langrish family until the 17th century when it was sold to the Long family.
During the Civil War while most of Hampshire was Royalist Langrish supported Oliver Cromwell. That meant that Langrish House was the closest place to hold Royalist prisoners from the Battle of Cheriton in 1642, where they were made to dig the vaults. For many years the house was owned by wealthy sheep farmers who used the Lake for washing the wool. It was bought by the Talbot-Ponsonby family in 1842, and is run by them as a hotel today (after a 26 year gap after it was sold in 1972).
The Parish of Langrish was formed in 1894 and included the tithings of Bordean, Langrish, Ramsdean and part of Stroud Common. Borndean occupies high ground in the Parish and contained lime-works for many years. The village of Ramsdean once had a pond but this was filled in in the early 1930s, the place is now known as Ramsdean Green but the pond is commemorated by the nearby Pond Cottages. The relatively low-lying land of Stroud Common yielded clay for making bricks, tiles and pipes.
The Parish Church, a Grade II Victorian building, lies on the south side of the A272 at the western end of the village.
