The place-name Langley derives from the Middle English word lang, meaning long, and lea, a wood or clearing.

Marish or Maries commemorates Christiana de Marecis who held the manor for a short time in the reign of Edward I.

[5] Sir John Kedermister's house, Langley Park (bought by Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough) was demolished and rebuilt to designs by Stiff Leadbetter, starting in 1756 and completed in the year of his death, 1758.

The final Hurricane built (a MkIIC serialled PZ865, which still flies today with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight) was completed here on 27 July 1944 and named 'Last of The Many' in a special ceremony.

Postwar, the aerodrome was also used by Airwork Services, British South American Airways and Airflight[7] for aircraft maintenance work.

Production and staff were transferred to the flight test airfield at Dunsfold Aerodrome and the parent Hawker factory in Kingston-on-Thames (now Kingston upon Thames), both in Surrey.

[8] The Ford Motor Company opened a commercial vehicle component factory at Langley Airfield in 1949, and then bought the entire site from Hawker Siddeley in 1959.

[9] Langley railway station, which includes an Isambard Kingdom Brunel period building, is on the Great Western Main Line to London Paddington.

In July 2012, the Department for Transport announced plans to build the Western Rail Approach between Langley and Iver stations.