Kings Langley
Kings Langley is a historic town as well as civil church in Hertfordshire, England, 21 miles (34 kilometres) northwest of central London to the south of the Chiltern Hills and currently part of the London traveler belt. The town is divided in between two city government areas by the River Gade with the bigger western section in the District of Dacorum and smaller component, to the east of the river, in 3 Rivers Area. It was once the area of Kings Langley Palace, a royal palace of the Plantagenet kings of England. The 12th century parish church of All Saints' houses 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 proven right here 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 up'.