Kings Langley
Kings Langley is a historical village and civil church in Hertfordshire, England, 21 miles (34 km) northwest of main London to the south of the Chiltern Hills and also now part of the London traveler belt. The town is separated in between 2 city government areas by the River Gade with the bigger western portion in the District of Dacorum and smaller part, to the east of the river, in 3 Rivers Area. It was when the place of Kings Langley Palace, an imperial 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 kilometres) south of Hemel Hempstead and 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) north of Watford. The place-name Langley is first confirmed right here in a Saxon charter of circa 1050, where it looks like Langalega. It is spelt Langelai in the Domesday Book of 1086, and also is recorded as Langel' Regis in 1254. The name implies 'lengthy wood or clearing up'.
