I first became interested in researching the unusual surname of Langrick when  I married into the family in 2002. As with all family research, the contents  of this site is work in progress, of which I could not have completed without the information and photographs kindly passed on from other, like-minded, 'Langrick's'. Apart from myself, immediate family and those who have given permission, I have not included any relatives born after 1905 unless I have a death date as they may still be alive. Also, the information presented here is only as accurate as its source - there may be some unintentional inaccuracies.

The easiest way to navigate this site is to go follow the Name Index link at  the top of this page to locate a known individual.  From there you can  identify that individual's parents (and subsequently their siblings), spouse  and children.

Background

There are two known villages of Langrick in England - one in Lincolnshire  where there is no known connection and the village of Long Drax on the  East/North Yorkshire border near Selby, which is the more probable origin of  the name. In fact if you look up Long Drax on a 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map it  says Langrick in brackets (OS grid reference: SE682282).

I have yet to trace the family back to Long Drax, but start further east at  the village of South Cave in East Yorkshire, about 15 miles west of Hull on  the Yorkshire Wolds overlooking the Humber Estuary.  From my earliest record  of Matthew Langrick marrying Tomisin Gibson in South Cave on 17th June 1683,  the family branches out to Hull, West Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and  south to London. To my knowledge there are no Langrick's living in South Cave  today, although some of my husband's family live in the nearby villages of  Brough and Ellerker.

Site Updates

As this site is continually evolving and new names are being added regularly I  thought it would be useful to add notes on any updates:

February 2013: I've just realised how long it is since I made a concerted effort to keep things up to date here. I'm hopeful to have more time in the coming months to keep things updated. I'll post here any updates.

If you are a Langrick and would be happy to add any information or photographs  please contact me via this website. Likewise if you find any inaccuracies I am  happy to make amendments. Please leave any comments by signing my guestbook.

Clare Langrick, February 2013.