The Langford Vineyard
What is the Vineyard?
Well, confusingly, it is not actually a vineyard. It’s a lovely plot of land, next to our ancient church, right in the heart of the Langford village conservation area, which we are developing into a delightful green space open to everyone to enjoy, and to be a place where we can hold community events and activities.
So why the name?
This field has always been called The Vineyard, a name which probably dates back hundreds of years to when there was a small priory attached to the church. In those days it may well have been a real vineyard.
The Vineyard Charity
Our official name is the Langford Community Land Charitable Incorporated Organisation – a bit of a mouthful so we call ourselves The Vineyard Charity for short.
The Charity has two important tasks – one, to create a delightful green space in the old centre of the village, a space open to everyone, and where we can hold village events and activities, and, two, just as importantly to protect this space so that it can be enjoyed by generations of Langford people to come.
The Charity was formed in November 2025 to manage and develop the Vineyard field, which Langford Parish Council purchased earlier in that year as a resource for the village.
The Parish Council remain the freeholders of the Vineyard, and there is a management agreement to allow the Charity to manage its development as the Langford Community Land project. While the Charity and Parish Council will work in cooperation, the Charity will operate as an independent and self financing organisation.
The charity is overseen by a board of trustees, drawn from Langford residents. The current trustees are:
Richard Kemp – Chair
Jim Johnston – Treasurer
Karen Bennett
Annabel Elliott
Ian Burton – LPC representative
Jonny Potter
Kim Clemons