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The Langton Family At The Three Horseshoes
A Memory of Great Ouseburn.
My great-great-grandfather, Robert Langton, was born in 1791. He was innkeeper, farrier and farmer (owning 50 acres). It is said he made the first iron plough in Yorkshire. He was gifted with horses. He employed apprentices and journeymen in his business, which we think operated from the Horseshoes.
He operated with strict principles and no one was alllowed more than two drinks!
His son, Thomas, was one of 7 children born at the Inn. There is a book written about Thomas, known as the Yorkshire Evangelist, and from this I have gleaned much information.
Unfortunately, Robert stood surety for a man he trusted and became responsible for a debt so large that he had to sell the business and he and his wife went to live with their son in Kepwick.
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