Kings Langley
Kings Langley is a historic town and also civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, 21 miles (34 kilometres) northwest of main London to the south of the Chiltern Hills as well as now part of the London traveler belt. The village is divided in between 2 city government areas by the River Gade with the larger western section in the District of Dacorum and smaller part, to the eastern of the river, in 3 Rivers District. It was once 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 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 implies 'lengthy wood or cleaning'.