Parking in St Albans, Hertfordshire

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Childwickbury Manor

in Hertfordshire, England, between St Albans and Harpenden. Previous owners were Henry Hayman Toulmin, a wealthy ship owner and High Sheriff of Hertfordshire and mayor of St Albans, who bought the estate from Joshua Lomax in 1854 and sold it to Sir John Blundell Maple around 20 years later. Toulmin's granddaughter, the author Mary Carbery, was born at the house (...)

St Albans

:''For other places named similarly, see Alban.'' St Albans is the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London. It was originally named ''Verlamion'' by the Ancient British, Catuvellauni tribe. It was the first major town on the old Roman road of Watling Street for travellers heading north and became the Roman (...)

St Albans Cathedral

church at St Albans, England. At 106 metres (348 feet), its nave is the longest of any cathedral in England. With much of its present architecture dating from Norman times, it became a cathedral in 1877, and is the second longest cathedral in the United Kingdom. Local residents often call it ''the Abbey'', although the present cathedral represents only the church of the old Benedictine abbey. (...)