Kings Langley
Kings Langley is a historic town and also civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, 21 miles (34 km) northwest of main London to the south of the Chiltern Hills and currently part of the London commuter belt. The village is separated between 2 city government districts by the River Gade with the larger western part in the District of Dacorum as well as smaller sized component, to the east of the river, in 3 Rivers Area. It was when the location of Kings Langley Palace, a royal palace of the Plantagenet kings of England. The 12th century parish church of All Saints' residences the tomb 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 kilometres) north of Watford. The place-name Langley is first attested below in a Saxon charter of circa 1050, where it appears as Langalega. It is spelt Langelai in the Domesday Book of 1086, and also is recorded as Langel' Regis in 1254. The name suggests 'lengthy timber or clearing'.
