Last Name LANGTREE

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Meaning	Local: Of Langtree, a parish in county Devon, eight miles from Bideford, in the Hundred of Shebbear. It is spelt Langetrewe in the Hundred Rolls. Also, 'of Langtree,' a township in the parish of Standish, four miles from Wigan, county Lancashire.

Origin	English, Irish

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