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St Albans (/ s ən t ˈ ɔː l b ən z /) is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, [1] England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, 20 miles (32 km) north-west of London, 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Welwyn Garden City and 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Luton.
The town of St Albans had been an ancient borough since 1553. It was reformed in 1836 to become a municipal borough and additionally gained city status in 1877. [3] [4]The modern St Albans district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the area of three former districts, which were all abolished at the same time: [5]
Map of Hertfordshire, UK with St Albans highlighted. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160%: Date: 3 August 2011: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Coastline and administrative boundary data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product. Inset derived from England location map.svg by Spischot. Author
St Albans Cathedral, officially the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, [5] also known as "the Abbey", is a Church of England cathedral in St Albans, England. Much of its architecture dates from Norman times. It ceased to be an abbey following its dissolution in the 16th century and became a cathedral in 1877.
Hertfordshire is the location of Jack Worthing's country house in Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest. Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice is primarily set in Hertfordshire. [38] The location of Mr Jarndyce's Bleak House in Charles Dickens's Bleak House is near St Albans. [39]
St Stephen is a civil parish in the St Albans City and District in Hertfordshire, England. It is located approximately 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of central London, straddling the M25 motorway and immediately adjacent to the southern boundary of St Albans .
St Albans on the 1 inch to the mile map Ordnance Survey map of 1944. In the inter-war years St Albans, in common with much of the surrounding area, became a centre for emerging high-technology industries, most notably aerospace. Nearby Radlett was the base for Handley Page Aircraft Company, while Hatfield became home to de Havilland.
St Michael's Church is a Church of England parish church in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Much of the building is late 10th [1] or early 11th [2] century, making it the most significant surviving Anglo-Saxon building in the county. [1] It is located near the centre of the site of Roman Verulamium to the west of the modern city.