Kings Langley
Kings Langley is a historical 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 village is separated between two city government areas by the River Gade with the larger western part in the Borough of Dacorum and also smaller component, to the eastern of the river, in 3 Rivers District. It was once 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 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 appears as Langalega. It is meant Langelai in the Domesday Book of 1086, and also is recorded as Langel' Regis in 1254. The name suggests 'long wood or cleaning'.