Langley

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Langley may refer to:

Langley Castle, in Northumberland, England, and its associated medieval Prescriptive Barony, originally held by the Tyndall family.
Samuel Pierpont Langley, a scientist and early experimenter in manned flight.
a measuring unit named after Samuel Pierpoint Langley.
The Langley Schools Music Project - a recording.
Langley Grammar School in Berkshire, England.
Langley Mill Pottery in Langley Mill, Derbyshire, England
Asuka Langley from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
A surname, often a habitational name from any of the numerous places named with Old English lang ‘long’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘glade’; or a topographic name with the same meaning

It is the name of several places:

Canada

Township of Langley, a district municipality in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia
Langley City, an urban municipality next to the Township of Langley (separately incorporated)
Langley is 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 is a provincial electoral district centred on Langley, British Columbia.

France

Langley, Vosges, a commune in the Vosges département

United Kingdom

Langley, Cheshire
Langley, Essex
Langley, Hampshire
Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire
Kings Langley, Hertfordshire
Langley, Kent
Langley, Northumberland
Langley, Slough in Berkshire. Also known as Langley Marish and formerly in Buckinghamshire.
Langley, Warwickshire
Langley, West Sussex

There are also Langley Common, Langley Mill, Derbyshire; Langley Heath, Kent; Langley Lower Green and Langley Upper Green, Essex; Langley Park, Durham; Langley Street, Norfolk; Langley Burrell, Wiltshire.

United States of America

Langley, Oklahoma
Langley, South Carolina
Langley, Virginia, most famous as home to the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency
Langley, Washington

There is also Langley Park, Maryland, NASA Langley Research Center, and Langley Air Force Base.

Two United States Navy ships have borne the name Langley, after the American scientific pioneer Samuel Langley.

The first Langley (CV-1) was the first aircraft carrier of the Navy, converted from the collier Jupiter in 1922, and sunk in February 1942 by the Japanese.
The second Langley (CVL-27) was a light aircraft carrier commissioned in 1943, active in World War II, and transferred to France in 1951.

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