Langley
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Langley is often used as a metonym in U.S. government and military parlance to refer to the Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...

, whose headquarters
George Bush Center for Intelligence
The George Bush Center for Intelligence is the headquarters compound of the Central Intelligence Agency, located in the unincorporated community of Langley in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The headquarters, officially named in the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 for...

 is located in Langley, Virginia
Langley, Virginia
Langley is an unincorporated community in the census-designated place of McLean in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.The community was essentially absorbed into McLean many years ago, although there is still a Langley High School...

.

Langley may also refer to:

Persons

  • Langley (surname)
    Langley (surname)
    Langley is a habitational name from any of the numerous places named with Old English lang + lēah Famous people with this surname include:*A...

    , a common English surname
  • A. DeWade Langley
    A. DeWade Langley
    A. DeWade Langley is an American police officer from Oklahoma. Langley is the current Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, being appointed to that position in 1995.-Early life and career:...

    , American police officer
  • Ambrose Langley
    Ambrose Langley
    Ambrose Langley was the manager of Hull City Football Club from 1905 until 1913. He was born in 6 South Street, Horncastle and played over 300 games for Sheffield Wednesday....

     (1870–1937), English football manager
  • Arthur Langley ( Longbottom, born 1933), English football manager
  • Batty Langley
    Batty Langley
    Batty Langley was an English garden designer, and prolific writer who produced a number of engraved designs for "Gothick" structures, summerhouses and garden seats in the years before the mid-18th century.The eccentric landscape designer, who gave some of his numerous children names like Hiram,...

    [sic] (1696–1751), English garden designer
  • Bob Langley
    Bob Langley
    Bob Langley was a British television presenter and novelist, most famous for hosting the BBC1 afternoon chat show Pebble Mill At One. Langley also presented its late night version Saturday Night at The Mill.He began his broadcast career in the early days of Tyne Tees television on the nightly news...

     (born 1939), English TV presenter
  • Bruno Langley
    Bruno Langley
    Bruno Langley is an English actor. He is best known for playing Todd Grimshaw in Coronation Street and Adam Mitchell in Doctor Who.- Early life :...

     (born 1983), English actor
  • Cal Langley
    Cal Langley
    Cal Langley is a fictional character in the television series Roswell, portrayed by Joe Pantoliano.-Biography:Cal is an alien from the planet Antar, a servant of that planet's ruler Zan...

    , fictional character from Roswell
  • Chris Langley
    Chris Langley
    Chris Langley is an English rugby league player for the Dewsbury Rams in National League One. He plays as a centre. He has previously played for the Huddersfield Giants in the European Super League and also had spells with Bradford, Featherstone Rovers, York and Doncaster.-External links:**...

     (born 1996), English rugby player
  • Clint Langley
    Clint Langley
    Clint Langley is a British comic book artist best known for his work on series with Pat Mills at 2000 AD and as the cover artist for Marvel Comics' Guardians of the Galaxy....

     (born c. 1975), English comic-book artist
  • Desmond Langley
    Desmond Langley
    Major-General Sir Henry Desmond Allen Langley KCVO MBE was Major-General Commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District.-Military career:...

     (1930–2008), English army officer
  • Dorothy Langley
    Dorothy Langley
    Dorothy Langley was the pseudonym of Dorothy Selma Richardson Kissling, an American novelist. She won the award for the best novel by a Midwestern writer for Dark Medallion .-Life:...

     (1904–1969), American author
  • Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York
    Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York
    Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, 1st Earl of Cambridge, KG was a younger son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, the fourth of the five sons who lived to adulthood, of this Royal couple. Like so many medieval princes, Edmund gained his identifying nickname from his...

     (1341–1402), English prince
  • Elmo Langley
    Elmo Langley
    Elmo Langley was a NASCAR driver and owner. Langley primarily used the number "64" on his race cars during his NASCAR career.-Racing career:...

     (1928–1996), American NASCAR driver
  • Elizabeth Langley (née Cass, fl. 1863–1877), English victim of miscarriage of justice
  • Esme Langley
    Esme Langley
    Dr Esmé Ross-Langley born 26 August 1919 in Guisborough, Yorkshire, was a British writer made a major contribution to the social evolution of women in Britain. She is best known as the founder of the Minorities Research Group and Arena Three...

     (1919–1991), English writer
  • Eve Langley
    Eve Langley
    Eve Langley , born Ethel Jane Langley, was an Australian novelist and poet. Her novels belong to a tradition of Australian women's writing that explores the conflict between being an artist and being a woman.-Life:...

     (1908–1974), Australian novelist and poet
  • Francis Langley
    Francis Langley
    Francis Langley was a theatre builder and theatrical producer in Elizabethan era London. After James Burbage and Philip Henslowe, Langley was the third significant entrepreneurial figure active at the height of the development of English Renaissance theatre.-Background:Langley was a goldsmith by...

     (1548–1602), English theatre producer
  • Frank Langley
    Frank Langley
    Frank E. Langley was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1900s.Langley was educated at Caufield Grammar School....

     (fl. 1882–1906), Australian VFL football player
  • Gary Langley
    Gary Langley
    Gareth "Gaz" Langley was a professional rugby league footballer who played for Salford City Reds and St. Helens in the Super League before moving on to Oldham Roughyeds. He was by a preference a wing and could kick goals...

     (born 1984), English rugby player
  • Geoffrey of Langley
    Geoffrey of Langley
    Geoffrey of Langley was an English knight and ambassador of the 13th century. He participated to the crusade of Edward I of England in the Holy Land in 1270-71....

     (fl. 1270–1294), English knight
  • Gerard Langley, English musician - see The Blue Aeroplanes
    The Blue Aeroplanes
    The Blue Aeroplanes are an English rock band from Bristol, the mainstays of which: Gerard Langley, brother John Langley and dancer Wojtek Dmochowski originate from the earlier New Wave “Art band” Art Objects .-History:...

  • Gil Langley
    Gil Langley
    Gilbert Roche Andrews "Gil" Langley was an Australian Test cricketer, champion Australian rules footballer and member of parliament, serving as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly....

     (1919–2001), Australian cricketer
  • Gill Langley
    Gill Langley
    Gillian Rose Langley is a British scientist and writer who specializes in alternatives to animal testing and animal rights. She is a member of the Replacement Advisory Group of the British National Centre for the Three Rs, founded by David Sainsbury, and was from 1981 until 2009 the science...

     (born 1952), British writer and animal-rights activist
  • Gordon Langley
    Gordon Langley
    Gordon Langley is an animator, web designer, DJ and lecturer. He adapted and directed the animated TV series Horrible Histories and has created work for Channel 4 and MTV. His animated film, Chicken, was nominated for awards at the Oslo Film Festival and Soho Shorts...

    , animator
  • Harold D. Langley
    Harold D. Langley
    Harold David Langley is an American diplomatic and naval historian who served as associate curator of naval history at the Smithsonian Institution from 1969...

     (born 1925), American historian
  • Henry Langley
    Henry Langley
    Henry Langley was an English clergyman and academic, intruded Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, and later an ejected minister and nonconformist tutor.-Life:He was son of Thomas Langley, a shoemaker, of Abingdon, Berkshire...

     (1611–1679), English clergyman and academic
  • Henry Langley (architect)
    Henry Langley (architect)
    Henry Langley was a Canadian architect based in Toronto. He was active from 1854 to 1907. Among the first architects born and trained in Canada, he was a founding members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1880 and was instrumental in establishing the Ontario Association of Architects in 1889...

     (1836–1907), Canadian architect
  • J. Batty Langley
    J. Batty Langley
    J. Batty Langley was a British Liberal Party politician.Born in Uppingham, Langley became a wealthy timber merchant in Sheffield, and one of the city's most prominent non-conformists. He was elected to Sheffield Town Council, serving many years and becoming an alderman.In 1892, Langley became...

     (1834–1914), English politician
  • Jane Langley
    Jane Langley
    Jane Langley is a painter born in 1959. She studied at The Royal College of Art , Camberwell, and Chelsea School of Art. She was an Abbey Scholar at the British School of Rome in 1993 and in 2008 a Visiting Fellow, at Goldsmiths, University of London, attached to the Constance Howard Resource and...

     (born 1959), English painter
  • Jane Pickens Langley
    Jane Pickens Langley
    Jane Pickens Hoving was a popular singer on Broadway, radio and television for 20 years and later an organizer in numerous philanthropic and society events. Mrs...

     (1908–1982), American singer
  • Jamie Langley
    Jamie Langley
    Jamie Langley is an English professional rugby league footballer with the Bradford Bulls of Super League...

     (born 1983), English rugby player
  • Jamie Langley (pageant titleholder)
    Jamie Langley (pageant titleholder)
    Jamie Leigh Langley is Miss Alabama 2007, a news anchor for WAKA CBS 8, and toured the state as a motivational speaker, spokeswoman, advocate and performer. She participated in Miss America in January 2008.-Biography:...

     (born 1984), American broadcaster
  • Jim Langley
    Jim Langley
    Ernest James "Jim" Langley , was an English association football player noted for his pacey, rampaging runs from the left fullback position and his long throw-ins...

     (1929–2007), English footballer
  • John Langley
    John Langley
    John Langley is an American television and film director, writer, and producer who is best known as the creator and executive producer of the long-running television show COPS, which premiered on FOX in March 1989....

     (born 1943), American television and film director
  • John Langley (ice hockey)
    John Langley (ice hockey)
    John Arthur "Art" Langley was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics....

     (1896–1967), American ice hockey player
  • John Newport Langley
    John Newport Langley
    John Newport Langley was a British physiologist. He spent his entire career at Cambridge University. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1883 and later its vice-president....

     (1852–1955), British physiologist
  • John W. Langley
    John W. Langley
    John Wesley Langley was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, husband of Katherine Gudger Langley.Born in Floyd County, Kentucky, Langley attended the common schools.He taught school for three years....

     (1868–1932), American congressman
  • Katherine G. Langley
    Katherine G. Langley
    ]Katherine Gudger Langley was an American politician. Langley was member of United States House of Representatives from Kentucky during the Seventieth and Seventy-first sessions of Congress. She was the wife of John W. Langley and daughter of James M. Gudger, Jr...

     (1888–1948), American congresswoman
  • Kevin Langley
    Kevin Langley
    Kevin James Langley is a former English professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 427 appearances in the Football League, including a club record 317 for Wigan Athletic....

     (born 1964), English footballer
  • Lee Langley
    Lee Langley
    Lee Langley was born in Calcutta, India. She is the author of several novels, including Changes of Address , a largely autobiographical account of her childhood in India, the first in a loose trilogy of novels set in India which was short-listed for the Hawthornden Prize...

    , Scottish/Indian author
  • Lesley Langley
    Lesley Langley
    Lesley Langley from Weymouth, England was Miss United Kingdom and Miss World in 1965. She became the third woman from her country to win the title....

     (fl. 1950–1964), English beauty queen
  • Mark Langley (born 1984), American jockey
  • Matthew Langley
    Matthew Langley
    Matthew Langley is a Washington, D.C. area painter and photographer whose work has focuses on space, compression, volume and sentience and Vanishing American DIY culture the photographic series is titled Vanishing Culture USA....

    , American photographer
  • Monica Langley
    Monica Langley
    Monica Langley is Senior Investigative Journalist for The Wall Street Journal and best-selling author of Tearing Down the Walls: How Sandy Weill Fought His Way to the Top of the Financial World...and Then Nearly Lost it All....

    , American journalist
  • Morgan Langley
    Morgan Langley
    Morgan Langley, , is an American television producer. He is best known as the executive producer, and former producer, of the long-running COPS television show, currently entering its 24th season on the Fox Broadcasting Network...

    , American TV producer
  • Neva Jane Langley
    Neva Jane Langley
    Neva Jane Langley is an American former beauty pageant contestant. As a college sophomore she transferred to Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. While attending that college she became Miss Macon, Miss Georgia, and then Miss America in 1953. Ms...

     (born 1933), American beauty queen
  • Noel Langley
    Noel Langley
    Noel Langley was a successful novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director. While under contract to MGM he was one of the screenwriters for The Wizard of Oz...

     (1911–1980), South African playwright
  • Orville Edwin Langley
    Orville Edwin Langley
    Orville Edwin Langley was a United States federal judge.Langley received a B.S. from Harvard University in 1932 and an LL.B. from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1940. He was in private practice in Muskogee, Oklahoma from 1940 to 1961. He was in the United States Army Colonel from 1942...

     (died 1973), American judge
  • Paul Langley, fictional character from Waterloo Road
  • R. F. Langley
    R. F. Langley
    Roger Francis Langley was an English poet and diarist. During his life, he was loosely affiliated with the Cambridge poetry scene.-Life and work:...

     (born 1938), English poet
  • Richard Langley
    Richard Langley
    Richard Barrington Michael Langley is an English born-Jamaican footballer who plays for Thai Premier League side Pattaya United...

     (born 1979), Jamaican footballer
  • Richard Langley (martyr)
    Richard Langley (martyr)
    Richard Langley was an English Roman Catholic layman, condemned for sheltering Catholic priests...

     (died 1586), English martyr
  • Roger Langley
    Roger Langley
    Roger Langley was a president of the United States National Ski Association and a driving force behind the founding of the National Ski Patrol....

     (1901–1986), American skier
  • Samuel Pierpont Langley
    Samuel Pierpont Langley
    Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation...

     (1834–1906), scientist and early experimenter in manned flight
  • Thomas Langley
    Thomas Langley
    Thomas Langley was an English prelate who held high ecclesiastical and political offices in the early to mid 1400s. He was Dean of York, Bishop of Durham, twice Lord Chancellor of England to three kings, and a Pseudocardinal. In turn Keeper of the King's signet and Keeper of the Privy Seal before...

     (1363–1437), bishop of Durham, Cardinal and Lord Chancellor
  • Tommy Langley
    Tommy Langley
    Tommy Langley is a retired English footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s as a striker. He is currently one of the hosts of Matchnight Live on Chelsea TV.-Chelsea:...

     (born 1958), English footballer
  • Victoria Langley
    Victoria Langley
    Victoria Langley is a television journalist for Capitol News Service of Tallahassee, Florida, who primarily serves as a capitol beat reporter for Florida television stations, such as WFLA, WTVJ, and WBBH. She previously worked for WICS in Springfield, Illinois, and has been capitol beat reporter...

    , American journalist
  • Walter Langley
    Walter Langley
    Walter Langley was an English painter and founder of the Newlyn School of plein air artists. He was born in Birmingham and his father was a journeyman tailor. At 15 he was apprenticed to a lithographer. At 21 he won a scholarship to South Kensington and he studied designing there for two years...

     (1852–1922), English artist

Canada

  • Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)
    Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)
    The Township of Langley is a district municipality immediately east of the City of Surrey in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It extends south from the Fraser River to the U.S. border, and west of the City of Abbotsford...

    , a district municipality in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia
  • Langley, British Columbia (city)
    Langley, British Columbia (city)
    The City of Langley is a municipality in Metro Vancouver. It lies directly east of the City of Surrey, adjacent to Cloverdale, and surrounded on the north, east and south by Township of Langley.-History:...

    , an urban municipality next to the Township of Langley (separately incorporated)
  • Langley (electoral district)
    Langley (electoral district)
    Langley is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004...

    , 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 reserves named Langley No. 1, Langley No. 2, Langley No. 3 and so on
  • Langley (provincial electoral district)
    Langley (provincial electoral district)
    Langley is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It should not be confused with the federal electoral district of Langley, which encompasses a somewhat larger area...

    , a provincial electoral district centred on Langley, British Columbia

Settlements

  • Langley, Cheshire
    Langley, Cheshire
    Langley is a semi-rural village in the county of Cheshire, England, on the River Bollin, near Macclesfield and Macclesfield Forest.Langley Mill, founded by William Smith in 1826, became the biggest silk printing, dyeing and finishing works in the world...

  • Langley, Derbyshire
  • Langley, Essex
    Langley, Essex
    Langley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Essex, seven miles west-south-west of Saffron Walden. The Parish of Langley consists of two parts, Langley Upper Green and Langley Lower Green which are linked by roads and footpaths...

  • Langley, Gloucestershire
  • Langley, Hampshire
    Langley, Hampshire
    Langley is a small village in the civil parish of Fawley in Hampshire, England. It is today part of the modern village of Blackfield.-History:...

  • Abbots Langley
    Abbots Langley
    Abbots Langley is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Hertfordshire. It is an old settlement and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Economically the village is closely linked to Watford and was formerly part of the Watford Rural District...

    , Hertfordshire
  • Kings Langley
    Kings Langley
    Kings Langley is a historic English village and civil parish northwest of central London on the southern edge of the Chiltern Hills and now part of the London commuter belt. The major western portion lies in the borough of Dacorum and the east is in the Three Rivers district, both in the county of...

    , Hertfordshire
  • Langley, Hertfordshire
    Langley, Hertfordshire
    Langley is a hamlet and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire District, in the county of Hertfordshire. It is located four miles south of Hitchin, on the B656 road near the large town of Stevenage....

  • Langley, Kent
    Langley, Kent
    Langley is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the A274 road leading south from Maidstone to Headcorn .-History:...

  • Langley with Hardley
    Langley with Hardley
    Langley with Hardley is a parish in the county of Norfolk, England, about a mile east of Loddon. It covers an area of and had a population of 489 in 161 households as of the 2001 census....

    , Norfolk
    • Langley Park, Norfolk (site of a private school)
  • Langley, Northumberland
    Langley, Northumberland
    Langley, or more correctly Langley-on-Tyne, is a small village in Northumberland, England, located to the west of Hexham.The village is on the A686 about south of Haydon Bridge...

  • Langley, Oxfordshire
  • Langley, Greater Manchester
    Langley, Greater Manchester
    Langley is an area of Middleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Created as a Manchester overspill estate in the 1950s and 60s, it is south-southwest of Rochdale and north-northeast of Manchester City Centre.Langley as a district pushes down into Middleton as...

    , an area of Middleton
  • Langley, Sandwell
  • Langley, Berkshire, also known as Langley Marish - formerly in Buckinghamshire
  • Langley, Somerset
  • Langley, Warwickshire
  • Langley, West Midlands
  • Langley, West Sussex
  • Langley Burrell
    Langley Burrell
    Langley Burrell is a village just north of Chippenham, Wiltshire. It is notable in particular as one of the termini of Maud Heath's Causeway and, also for its Early English and Perpendicular church. The Georgian parsonage was for many years the home of the Rev...

    , Wiltshire
  • Langley Common, Derbyshire
  • Langley Heath, Kent
  • Langley Green, West Sussex near Crawley in West Sussex, England
  • Langley Green, Sandwell near Sandwell in the West Midlands of England
  • Langley Lower Green, Essex
  • Langley Upper Green, Essex
  • Langley Mill
    Langley Mill
    Langley Mill is a small town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It is on the border of Nottinghamshire, and runs into the towns of Aldercar and Heanor . Across the River Erewash is the Nottinghamshire town of Eastwood. It is part of the Aldercar and Langley Mill parish....

    , Derbyshire
    • Langley Mill Pottery
      Langley Mill Pottery
      Langley Mill Pottery was located in Langley Mill, Derbyshire on the Derbyshire – Nottinghamshire border. From its establishment in 1865 to its final closure in 1982, the pottery went through five distinct periods of ownership, producing a wide range of stoneware ranging from salt glazed ink...

      , a former pottery maker

Landmarks

  • Langley Castle
    Langley Castle
    Langley Castle is a restored medieval tower house, now operated as an hotel, situated in the village of Langley in the valley of the River South Tyne some south of Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building.-Details:...

    , in Northumberland, England, and its associated medieval Prescriptive Barony, originally held by the Tyndall family
  • Langley Chapel
    Langley Chapel
    Langley Chapel is an Anglican church, built in 1601, located in a remote area approximately 1.5 miles to the south of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England. It is now in the care of English Heritage, and is notable for having a complete set of original 17th century wooden furniture, and its lack of a...

     in Shropshire, England, a preserved 17th century Anglican church
  • Langley Park, Durham
  • Langley Street, Norfolk

United States

  • Langley, Arkansas
    Langley, Arkansas
    Langley is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Arkansas, United States. It is located where state highway 84 and 369 meet. The town is usually a stopping point for travelers traveling 6 miles north to the Albert Pike Recreational Area in Ouachita National Forest...

  • Langley, Illinois
    Langley, Illinois
    Langley is an unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Langley is located at the junction of U.S. Route 6, U.S. Route 34, and Illinois Route 40. Langley is east of Sheffield and north of Buda....

  • Langley, Oklahoma
    Langley, Oklahoma
    Langley is a town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 819 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Langley is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

  • Langley, South Carolina
    Langley, South Carolina
    Langley is an unincorporated community in the Midland Valley area of Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. It is bordered by Gloverville, South Carolina, and Lynwood, South Carolina, and more recently, Burnettown which approved an annexation of some unincorporated land five years ago, but...

  • Langley, Washington
    Langley, Washington
    Langley is a town in Island County, Washington, United States near the eastern end of the north shore of the south end of Whidbey Island. It is the third largest incorporated area on Whidbey. The population was 1,035 at the 2010 census, while the ZCTA for Langley's post office had a population of...

  • Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia
  • Langley Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Langley Covered Bridge
    Langley Covered Bridge
    Langley Covered Bridge is the longest remaining wooden covered bridge in the state of Michigan, and is located several miles north of Centreville, Michigan, the seat of St. Joseph County. Many of the covered bridges in Michigan and other states no longer exist, and therefore the structure is an...

    , St. Joseph county, Michigan
  • Langley Island (Maryland)
  • Langlee Island
    Langlee Island
    Langlee Island or Langley Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island has a permanent size of , plus an intertidal zone of a further , and is composed of a massing of roxbury puddingstone which rises to a height of above sea level...

  • Langley Park, Maryland
    Langley Park, Maryland
    Langley Park is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in the Washington, D.C. metro area. It is located inside the Capital Beltway, on the northwest edge of Prince George's County, Maryland, bordering Montgomery County, Maryland....

  • Langley Research Center
    Langley Research Center
    Langley Research Center is the oldest of NASA's field centers, located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It directly borders Poquoson, Virginia and Langley Air Force Base...

     (NASA) in Hampton, Virginia
  • Langley Street, Georgia
  • Mt. Langley (California)

Schools

  • Langley School, Loddon
    Langley School, Loddon
    Langley School is an independent coeducational boarding school situated in the market town of Loddon in South Norfolk, England. The school was founded in 1910 and is a member of the HMC....

     in Norfolk, England
  • Langley High School (Oldbury)
    Langley High School (Oldbury)
    Oldbury Grammar School, later known as Langley High School, Oldbury High School or Oldbury College of Sport, was a secondary school located in Oldbury, West Midlands, England. It served the Warley area of Sandwell and was situated in Moat Road, Langley...

     in Oldbury, England
  • Langley Grammar School
    Langley Grammar School
    Langley Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in Langley, Berkshire, United Kingdom.-Admissions:It has about 1013 pupils of whom 261 are in the Sixth Form. It is situated just north of the A4 next to Kedermister Park...

     in Berkshire, England
  • Langley Academy, Slough in Berkshire, England
  • Langley High School (Pittsburgh)
    Langley High School (Pittsburgh)
    Langley High School is a public school in the Sheraden neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.Langley is one of ten high schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools....

    , Pennsylvania, United States
  • Langley High School (Fairfax County, Virginia), in McLean, Virginia, United States
  • Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
    Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
    The Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Middleton, Greater Manchester for ages 11–18.-Admissions:...

    , Middleton, Manchester, England (named after Cardinal Thomas Langley)

Other

  • langley (unit), a unit of measurement of solar radiation
  • Langley extrapolation
    Langley extrapolation
    Langley extrapolation is a method for measuring the Sun's radiance with ground-based instrumentation,thereby removing the effect of the atmosphere. It is based on repeated measurements with a sun photometer operated at a given location for a cloudless morning or afternoon, as the Sun moves across...

    , a technique for measuring the Sun's radiance from ground-based instrumentation
  • The Langley Schools Music Project
    The Langley Schools Music Project
    The Langley Schools Music Project is a collection of recordings of children's choruses singing pop hits by the likes of The Beach Boys, David Bowie, and Paul McCartney...

    , a recording
  • Langley (constructor)
    Langley (constructor)
    Langley was an American racing car constructor. Langley cars competed in one FIA World Championship race - the 1950 Indianapolis 500.-World Championship Indianapolis 500 results:...

    , a former racing car constructor
  • Langley (crater)
    Langley (crater)
    Langley is a lunar crater that is located close to the northwestern limb of the Moon, and from the Earth is viewed edge-on. It is located in the gap between the crater Galvani, which lies across the southeastern rim, and Volta along the northeastern rim...

    , a lunar crater
  • Langley Wood (disambiguation), multiple uses
  • Langley Wood and Homan's Copse
    Langley Wood and Homan's Copse
    Langley Wood and Homan's Copse is a 219.28 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1985.-Source:* -External links:*...

    , a SSI in Wiltshire

Ships

Two United States Navy ships have borne the name Langley, after the American scientific pioneer Samuel Pierpont Langley
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation...

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  • USS Langley (CV-1)
    USS Langley (CV-1)
    USS Langley was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter , and also the U.S. Navy's first electrically propelled ship...

    , the first aircraft carrier of the Navy, converted from the collier Jupiter in 1922, and sunk in February 1942 by the Japanese
  • USS Langley (CVL-27)
    USS Langley (CVL-27)
    USS Langley was an 11,000-ton that served the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947, and French Navy as the La Fayette from 1951 to 1963. Named for Samuel Pierpont Langley, American scientist and aviation pioneer, Langley received nine battle stars for World War II service...

    , a light aircraft carrier commissioned in 1943, active in World War II, and transferred to France in 1951
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