Kings Langley
Kings Langley is a historical town and 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 village is split in between 2 local government areas by the River Gade with the bigger western portion in the Borough of Dacorum and also smaller component, to the eastern of the river, in Three Rivers District. It was once the area of Kings Langley Palace, an imperial palace of the Plantagenet kings of England. The 12th century parish church of All Saints' residences 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 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 'long timber or clearing'.