Langold is a village in the civil parish of Hodsock,[1] in the Bassetlaw district, north Nottinghamshire, England.

While there are references to settlement in the geographical area which is now Langold from 1246,[3] before the early twentieth century it consisted of farmland and parkland in the estates of Firbeck and Hodsock.

Hodsock Priory and estate with its farms, and much of Carlton-in-Lindrick were bought by the Mellish family in 1765, parts of which they sold on to Ralph Knight of Langold.

[7] It consisted of a farm and the hall, situated close to the Worksop to Tickhill turnpike road, which had been constructed in 1767.

The Wallingwells Boring Company was created, and German engineers carried out some test drilling in a field which was part of Costhorpe Farm.

Six boilers supplied steam for the winding engines, and a Baume washer capable of washing 160 tons of coal per hour was installed.

Conditions improved with the opening of the pit baths in 1933, although there were some men who would not use them because there was a charge of 6d (2.5 pence) per week, deducted from the miner's pay.

Transport of the coal to the surface was slow, as the shafts were unsuitable for the installation of mechanical skip winding, and by 1968, the mine was deemed to be uneconomical.

[8] Shops and stalls started to appear almost as soon as people moved into the village, selling provisions to those sinking the shafts.

[16] In the same year, the Langold Hotel was opened, to the north of the village, promoted by the Colliery Company as a place where engineers and visiting officials could stay.

The Hill Top Club was constructed near to the shops on Doncaster Road, using the huts which were no longer required by the building contractors.

[17] The first school in the village was an iron building, originally constructed in 1906 in Forest Town near Mansfield Woodhouse and moved in 1924.

Ownership passed to the local authority after the pit closed in 1968, who built children's playgrounds and refreshment facilities once the mining equipment had been removed.

The councils for Nottinghamshire, Bassetlaw and Rotherham all agreed to moving the boundary, so that it followed recognisable features in the landscape.

The last Labour MP was backbencher John Mann, who was elected in 2001, following the retirement of Joe Ashton, who in turn took over from Fred Bellenger, at a by-election in 1968.

Langold Lakes, which were originally built by the Gally Knight family,[8] now form part of a Country Park, which includes recreational areas, walks and wildlife habitats.

named 'best in Worksop' and the lively church housed in the old cinema continues to run many activities for young people, children and residents of Langold.