Old travel Blog photograph of Martha Langlands from Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Langlands surname is recorded as Langland, Langlands, Longland and Longlands. It is of Anglo Saxon pre 8th century origins. It derives from the words " lang " meaning " long ", plus " land ", which in this context is an area cleared for agricultural use. The surname was given originally either as a topographical name to a person resident by a long piece of agricultural land, or as a locational name for someone from the barony of Langland in Peeblesshire. Johannes de Langland, the first Scottish namebearer held a charter of the lands of Milsallytoun and Ochtirheuyd in 1364.
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