St Michael, Hertfordshire

St Michael
St Michael
 St Michael shown within Hertfordshire
Area  8.2 sq mi (21 km2)
Population 477 (2011)[1]
   – density  58/sq mi (22/km2)
OS grid referenceTL113071
Civil parishSt Michael
DistrictSt Albans
Shire countyHertfordshire
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town ST AlBANS
Postcode district AL3
Dialling code 01727
Police Hertfordshire
Fire Hertfordshire
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK ParliamentSt Albans
List of places
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England
Hertfordshire

Coordinates: 51°45′05″N 0°23′10″W / 51.751389°N 0.386111°W / 51.751389; -0.386111

St Michael is a civil parish part of the City and District of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England.[2] From 1894 to 1974 the parish was known as St Michael Rural. The population in 2001 was 494.[3] The local council is St Michael Parish Council.

History

St Michael was an ancient parish. Part of the parish was within the Municipal Borough of St Albans until 1894, when it was split to create St Michael Urban in the borough and St Michael Rural outside.[4] St Michael Rural became part of St Albans Rural District.

Parts of St Michael Rural were transferred to the borough of St Albans in 1913 (138 acres) and 1935 (890 acres).

On 1 April 1974 the parish of St Michael Rural was split with part going to the unparished area in Dacorum and the rest becoming the parish of St Michael in the City of St Albans district.

Geography

It comprises a wholly rural area to the west of St Albans and is bounded on its western side by Hemel Hempstead. The parish is bisected by the M1 motorway.

Settlement is dispersed across a number of small and isolated hamlets:

References

  1. ↑ http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11128795&c=st+michael&d=16&e=62&g=6434494&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1385656972114&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473
  2. ↑ Listing for St Michael Parish Council
  3. ↑ Neighbourhood statistics St Michael CP, Accessed 26 January 2013
  4. ↑ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43300
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