Langham was the main area for the family from the early 1700's to the mid 1800's.
	1838: From the 1838 Tithe map Rt. Hon. Lord Ashburton owned a lot of the land and property in the village, much of this land was farmed by other people, including a considerable amount by Samuel Blyth. Born Alexander Bearing, son of Sir Francis Baring (founder of Bearings Bank), he was a financier and politician, representing North East Essex in parliament from 1832-1835.
	1851: Langham was mentioned in the Doomsday Survey. It lies on the river Stour on the Suffolk / Essex boarder, 5 miles east of Nayland and 7 miles north east of Colchester. It is in the Lexden Hundred and Union and has an area of 3,100 acres and a population, in 1841, of 816. The assessment of real property to the Property Tax was, in 1843, £4,632 19s 2d. Langham Moor is a hamlet 1.5 miles south, on a bye road to Colchester and the Dedham Brook. Gentry included: Thomas Blyth, Esq Traders included: James Blyth - Farmer; John Blyth - Farmer; Samuel Blyth - Farmer; William Blyth - Farmer.
	1867: Langham is a parish in the Northern division of the county, Lexden hundred and union, Colchester county court district and archdeaconry, Dedham rural deanery and Rochester diocese. The parish has an area of 2,896 acres and the population, in 1861, was 862. Private Residents included: Thomas Blyth, Esq; Daniel Blyth Haddon, Esq. Commercial included: James Blyth - Farmer; Samuel Bloomfield Blyth - Farmer; William Blyth - Corndealer; Daniel Haddon - Farmer.
	1881: Highfields, Highfields Road - Thomas Blyth; Moor - William & Mary Ann Blyth; Mill House, Mill Lane - Arthur S. Blyth.
	Sources: 1851 = 1851 Post Office Directory for Essex. 1867 = 1867 Post Office Directory for Essex. 1881 = 1881 Census.
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