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 as well as currently part of the London commuter belt. The village is divided between two local government areas by the River Gade with the bigger western part in the District of Dacorum as well as smaller sized component, to the eastern of the river, in Three Rivers District. It was as soon as 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 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 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Watford. The place-name Langley is first confirmed below in a Saxon charter of circa 1050, where it appears as Langalega. It is spelt Langelai in the Domesday Book of 1086, as well as is recorded as Langel' Regis in 1254. The name suggests 'lengthy timber or clearing'.
