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CAR LEASING ST ALBANS
Things you may not know about St AlbansSt Albans is a city and unparished area in southern Hertfordshire, around 19 miles north of central London. It forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans. It 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. It is well known that Stephen Hawking studied at St Albans School from 1952, however he also attended St Albans High School for Girls for a few months at a time when younger boys could attend one of the houses. The mediaeval town grew up on the hill to the east of this around the Benedictine foundation of St Albans Abbey. This is the spot where tradition has it that St Albans, the first British Christian martyr, was beheaded some time before AD 324 St Albans Cathedral became the parish church when it was bought by the local people in 1553. The main gate of “Slade Prison” in the sitcom Porridge was filmed at The Gate House in St Albans. This was originally built as the town jail back in the Victorian era. In 2012, Hollywood Star Tom Cruise surprised diners when he popped into favourite Indian restaurant, Veer Dhara, for a lobster and chicken tikka masala. The Clock Tower at the end of St Peter’s Street in St Albans used to house Gabriel the curfew bell, which sounded every morning at 4am and in the evening at 8pm or 9pm. It was last rung in 1901 for Queen Victoria’s funeral. Michael Morpurgo, author of Kensuke’s Kingdom, Private Peaceful and War Horse, the latter of which was turned into a London Theatre production in 2007 and blockbuster film by Steven Spielberg in 2011, lives in St Albans. Graham Frederick Young, the ‘Teacup Serial Killer’ of the 1970s, was tried at St Albans Crown Court after poisoning several members of his family and subsequently killing his stepmother. After his release in 1971 he went on to poison 70 more people, two of whom died. Esmé Bianco, the internationally-acclaimed actress best known for her role as Ros in Game of Thrones, was born in St. Albans Park Street Studios in St Albans was the location for series four of the popular technological game show Robot Wars. There are towns and cities called St Albans in Australia, Canada, and in five different locations across the United States including Vermont. |
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