Lamport, Buckinghamshire

52°01′44″N 0°59′49″W / 52.029°N 0.997°W / 52.029; -0.997

Lamport (occasionally also Langport) was a hamlet in the parish of Stowe in north Buckinghamshire, England. It was cleared by the Temple family, as a result of enclosures, after 1739, to improve the amenity value of their new park at Stowe. The hamlet's name is Old English, meaning long town.

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