St Albans

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St Albans is a city in Hertfordshire and the county's oldest settlement. It was originally a Celtic settlement called Verlamion. It then became a Roman town called Verulamium, then was known as Verlamchester before taking its current name.

For some time St Albans was a small market town until the 1960s when the overspill caused the creation of several nearby New Towns and St Albans (although not a New Town) saw expansion of suburbs. Today, St Albans has a historic heart but it is very suburban outside the center. It has city status and a cathedral (St Albans Abbey) and a population of 64,000. It is popular with commuters traveling to London.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Albans
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Coordinates:   51°45'15"N   -0°19'13"E

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