Kings Langley
Kings Langley is a historic village as well as civil church in Hertfordshire, England, 21 miles (34 kilometres) northwest of central London to the south of the Chiltern Hills and also now part of the London commuter belt. The town is divided between two city government districts by the River Gade with the bigger western portion in the District of Dacorum as well as smaller component, to the east of the river, in Three Rivers District. It was as soon as the place of Kings Langley Palace, a royal palace of the Plantagenet kings of England. The 12th century parish church of All Saints' houses the burial place of Edmund of Langley (1341-- 1402), the first Duke of York. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Hemel Hempstead as well as 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Watford. The place-name Langley is first attested right here in a Saxon charter of circa 1050, where it looks like Langalega. It is meant Langelai in the Domesday Book of 1086, and is recorded as Langel' Regis in 1254. The name indicates 'lengthy wood or cleaning'.
