Old Langho / Belyngton / Bilingdon / Billindon / Billington-Langho? / Billinton / Bilyngton

No individual entry found for Langho in the Domesday survey. Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports that in the hamlet of Langho there is a chapel in the patronage of the Vicar of Blackburn, and, in this chapel, "inserted in the east wall, is a font of a single stone, beautifully enriched with tracery." [NB: this object may be the piscina noted in Abram (1873) and in Hartwell & Pevsner (2009) below]. Abram (1875) notes: "In the wall near the S.E. corner, remains inserted the ancient piscina, beneath a recessed and moulded pointed arch, trefoiled; another relic of the abbey, perhaps […] The font, placed against the east wall, is modern". The entry for the township of Billington in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 6, 1911) illustrates the interior of St Leonard's chapel at Langho which shows a font located at the west end of the nave, while the text notes that, before the restoration of the chapel, "The font stood in front of the altar rails", whereas after the restoration "The font stood in front of the altar rails"; regarding the stoup the VCH entry notes: "The stoup, as well as the piscina, is probably a fragment from Whalley." Pevsner (1969) notes: "Stoup. Ornately Perp[endicular]. From the abbey?". Hartwell & Pevsner (2009) note two objects in Old Langho's St. Leonard: an Early English piscina, with "pointed trefoil head and quatrefoil bowl" inside, and a stoup, "Ornately. Perp[endicular], half-octagonal"; both of which may have come from nearby Whalley Abbey [NB: Whalley Abbey, located just northeast of Billington]. The entry for this chapel in Historic England [ Listing NGR: SD7010535865] notes: "Church, said to be 1557, re-using dressings of c.1500, restored 1879 [...] At the east end of the south wall is a re-set trefoiled piscina with hood. Opposite, projecting from the north wall, is an elaborately carved stoup, again re-set."