When Lydya Langford was christened on 15 June 1757, in Chard, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Langford, was 31 and her mother, Ann Balch, was 33.
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The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
English: habitational name from any of several places called with Old English lang ‘long’ + ford ‘ford’, such as Langford (Bedfordshire, Nottinghamshire, Essex, Norfolk).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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