St Albans /sənt ˈɔːlbənz/, /seɪn.../ is a city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield about 19 miles (31 km) north-northwest of London, 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Welwyn Garden City, and 11 miles (18 km) south-southeast of Luton. St Albans was the first major town on the old Roman road of Watling Street for travellers heading north and became the Roman city of Verulamium. It is an historic market town and is now a dormitory town within the London commuter belt.
Population: 84,561
Latitude: 51° 45' 0.00" N
Longitude: 0° 19' 59.99" E
Pirton is a small village and civil parish three miles north-west of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. The church, rebuilt in 1877, but with the remains of its 12th-century tower, is built within the bailey of a former castle. Pirton Grange, which …
Peniel Pentecostal Church was located in Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, Essex, UK. The church was founded by Michael Reid, who served as 'bishop' of the church until stepping down in 2008, following various controversies.
Park Royal & Twyford Abbey was a station on the District Railway (now the District line), on a route now utilised by the Piccadilly line of the London Underground.
Oxhey Jets Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in South Oxhey, Hertfordshire. They currently compete in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division and play their home matches at The Boundary Stadium.
Our Lady's Convent High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school for girls situated in Stamford Hill, in the London Borough of Hackney.
Northwood College is an independent day school for girls aged 3 to 18. The school was founded in 1878 and is located in Northwood, London, England.
The National Land Company was founded as the Chartist Cooperative Land Company in 1845 by the chartist Feargus O'Connor to help working-class people satisfy the landholding requirement to gain a vote in county seats in Great Britain.
Hendon was an ancient civil parish of around 8,250 acres (33 km2) which included Mill Hill, as well as Golders Green and Childs Hill. In 1894 it was created an urban district of Middlesex and in 1932 it became a municipal borough.
Enfield was a local government district in Middlesex, England from 1850 to 1965.
The Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965 when it became part of the London Borough of Hackney.
The Medway and its tributaries and sub-tributaries have been used for over 1,150 years as a source of power. There are over two hundred sites where the use of water power is known. These uses included corn milling, fulling, paper making, iron smelti…
Lululaund was the Romanesque revival style house and studio of German-born British artist Hubert von Herkomer, in Melbourne Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire. It was designed in c.1886 and inhabited in 1894. It was demolished in 1939. The exterior design …
Lower Holloway is a district in the London Borough of Islington, London. The name has fallen out of common use and the area is now generally regarded as being a part of Holloway. The area of Lower Holloway stretches from the South of Holloway Road t…
The London Academy is a language school which specializes in teaching foreign languages in 15 locations all over the continent.
Leyton Marsh is located in Leyton in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.
The Lee Valley Ice Centre is situated in the Lee Valley Regional Park in London, England.
Ledburn is a hamlet in the parish of Mentmore, in Buckinghamshire, England. The name Ledburn is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means "stream with a conduit".
Langtons House and Langtons Gardens are a grade II listed 18th-century house and landscaped gardens located in Hornchurch, in the London Borough of Havering, Greater London. The house and gardens became local authority property in 1929 and are curre…