Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 54
Land area (2000): 0.151661 sq. miles (0.392801 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.151661 sq. miles (0.392801 sq. km)
FIPS code: 42575
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 39.171527 N, 97.328512 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67458
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Longford
Wikipedia
Longford may refer to:
Longford is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It has a population of 10,310 according to the 2016 census. It is the biggest town in the county and about one third of the county's population lives there. Longford lies at the meeting of Ireland's N4 and N5 National Primary Route roads, which means that traffic travelling between Dublin and County Mayo or North County Roscommon passes through the town. The station in Longford on the Dublin-Sligo line is important for commuters.
Longford was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885, and one MP from 1918–1922.
Longford is a 2006 television drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by Peter Morgan.
The film centres on Labour Party peer Lord Longford and his campaign for the parole of Moors Murderer Myra Hindley.
It was produced by Granada Productions for Channel 4, in association with HBO, and stars Jim Broadbent and Samantha Morton. The film was first broadcast on Channel 4 on 26 October 2006 and was an Official Selection at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Broadbent won the British Academy Television Award for his role.
Longford and Hindley had both died by the time the film was made; Longford in August 2001 and Hindley in November 2002. Hindley's lover and accomplice Ian Brady, played by Andy Serkis, is still living.
Longford is an electoral ward of Trafford, Greater Manchester, covering Firswood, part of Stretford and a small part of Old Trafford.
Longford is a barony in County Longford, Republic of Ireland.
Usage examples of "longford".
Gordon Longford got up and pulled the eiderdown straight where he had been sitting on it.
She had been out with Longford only twice before and on each of these occasions he had behaved like a perfect gentleman.
That is to say, Gordon Longford lay at ease in the swivel-chair with his feet on the little table at the other side of the electric fire, and Max Holman sat on the desk itself, swinging his short fat legs and feverishly biting his nails.
Gordon Longford put out the stub of his cigarette and closed his eyes.
But in one swift movement Gordon Longford barred her way, and laying his hands on her shoulders looked down into her stormy face.
But before she could compose her thoughts and her ruffled feelings, Gordon Longford was on his knees beside her, pulling away the paper, uncurling her fingers and putting them to his cheek.
This state of mind continued throughout the early part of the day, and coinciding with an appeal from Gordon Longford, who was visiting the shop on business, to give him her company on the following night, led her to accept an invitation which in happier moments she would certainly have refused.
She had qualms about it on the way home, and wondered how to get in touch with Longford to put it off.
Seen in retrospect, her evening with Gordon Longford appeared neither so glamorous in the early hours, nor so melodramatic in the latter part as it had seemed to her on her return home.
He was overjoyed when she described her brief encounter with the woman who had accosted Gordon Longford on the Sunday afternoon when he had taken her to Richmond.
Though what a nice girl like Miss Harvey can see in a fellow like Longford beats me.
She was most indignant when you asked her if Longford had given her that nightdress.
Leslie crept forth from his hiding-place, snatched up the nightdress, which lay, where June had flung it as she went out after Longford, on the small table by the door, and darted through the kitchen into the yard.
It was noticed that Longford went out of his way to make friends with him, but that the friendship after a time began to wane.
The next thing that happened was that Longford on a short leave went up-country, with the young man, apparently reconciled, as his companion.