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 and also now part of the London commuter belt. The town is split in between two local government areas by the River Gade with the larger western part in the Borough of Dacorum and smaller part, to the east of the river, in 3 Rivers Area. It was when the location 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 initial Duke of York. It is 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) south of Hemel Hempstead as well as 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) north of Watford. The place-name Langley is first proven below 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 suggests 'long wood or clearing'.