Kings Langley
Kings Langley is a historic town and civil church in Hertfordshire, England, 21 miles (34 km) northwest of central London to the south of the Chiltern Hills as well as now part of the London commuter belt. The town is separated in between two local government areas by the River Gade with the larger western portion in the Borough of Dacorum as well as smaller part, to the east of the river, in 3 Rivers District. It was as soon as the area of Kings Langley Palace, an imperial palace of the Plantagenet kings of England. The 12th century parish church of All Saints' homes the burial place of Edmund of Langley (1341-- 1402), the very first Duke of York. It is 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) south of Hemel Hempstead and also 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Watford. The place-name Langley is first testified right here in a Saxon charter of circa 1050, where it appears as Langalega. It is led to Langelai in the Domesday Book of 1086, as well as is recorded as Langel' Regis in 1254. The name indicates 'lengthy timber or clearing'.