Meynell Langley

Meynell Langley
Pillbox at Meynell Langley.
Meynell Langley is located in Derbyshire
Meynell Langley
Meynell Langley
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid referenceSK300398
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townASHBOURNE
Postcode districtDE6
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire
52°57′18″N 1°33′14″W / 52.955°N 1.554°W / 52.955; -1.554

Meynell Langley is a small area of settlement in Derbyshire, England. It is located between Kirk Langley and Kedleston.

Meynell Langley Hall is the ancestral home of the Meynell family.[1] In 2015 Godfrey Meynell who had been High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1982,[2] and his son, placed a version of Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno by Joseph Wright in an auction at Sotheby's. It was one of the Wright paintings that were kept at Meynell Langley Hall. The money raised was to be donated to assist Syrian refugees in Greece. This painting had been in their family since 1840.[3]

  1. ^ "Meynell Langley Hall". Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  2. ^ "No. 48919". The London Gazette. 10 March 1982. p. 3495.
  3. ^ Joseph Wright painting to be sold in aid of Syrian refugees, 9 December 2015, BBC News, Retrieved 9 December 2015