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Map of Hertfordshire, UK with St Albans highlighted. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160%: Date: 3 August 2011: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Coastline and administrative boundary data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product. Inset derived from England location map.svg by Spischot. Author
St Albans (/ s ən t ˈ ɔː l b ən z /) is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, [1] England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, 20 miles (32 km) north-west of London, 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Welwyn Garden City and 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Luton.
Hertfordshire is located in the south-eastern part of England and is the county immediately north of London. It is officially part of the East of England region, a mainly statistical unit . [ 12 ] To the east is Essex , to the west is Buckinghamshire and to the north are Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire .
The Ordnance Survey began producing six inch to the mile (1:10,560) maps of Great Britain in the 1840s, modelled on its first large-scale maps of Ireland from the mid-1830s. This was partly in response to the Tithe Commutation Act 1836 which led to calls for a large-scale survey of England and Wales .
The town of St Albans had been an ancient borough since 1553. It was reformed in 1836 to become a municipal borough and additionally gained city status in 1877. [3] [4]The modern St Albans district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the area of three former districts, which were all abolished at the same time: [5]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 18:56, 26 September 2010: 1,425 × 992 (1.84 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Map of Hertfordshire, UK with the following information shown: *Administrative borders *Coastline, lakes and rivers *Roads and railways *Urban areas Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S s
Marshalswick is a suburb of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England, located around 1.5 miles northeast of the city centre.The area was developed from the 1920s onwards. Neighbouring suburbs include Jersey Farm, Fleetville and Bernard
St Albans Cathedral, officially the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, [5] also known as "the Abbey", is a Church of England cathedral in St Albans, England. Much of its architecture dates from Norman times. It ceased to be an abbey following its dissolution in the 16th century and became a cathedral in 1877.