St Albans
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St Albans is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, 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. St Albans was the first major town on the old Roman road of Watling Street for travellers heading north and became the city of Verulamium. It is within the London commuter belt and the Greater London Built-up Area.
Image: St Albans market from the Clock Tower (164240202)
Image: St Albans Town Hall (geograph 5236751)
Remains of Roman wall
St Albans High Street in 1807, showing the shutter telegraph on top of the city's Clock Tower
Hertfordshire
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Hertfordshire is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties. It borders Bedfordshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south and Buckinghamshire to the west. The largest settlement is Watford, and the county town is Hertford.
Image: Knebworth W front
Image: Berkhamsted Canal
Image: The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban
Peter de Wint, Cornfields near Tring Station, Hertfordshire, 1847, Princeton University Art Museum