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Colney Street is a
hamlet
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in the
English county of
Hertfordshire.
It lies on the
A5183 road
Watling Street is a historic route in England that crosses the River Thames at London and which was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the Middle Ages. It was used by the ancient Britons and paved as one of the main ...
, this was formerly the
A5 road
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and, before that,
Roman Britain
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's
Watling Street
Watling Street is a historic route in England that crosses the River Thames at London and which was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the Middle Ages. It was used by the ancient Britons and paved as one of the main ...
. In addition its northern boundary is delineated by the
M25 motorway. These location advantages have led to it becoming a primarily industrial and business area.
Colney Street was first recorded in Latin translation in 1275, and as ''Colneystrete'' in 1475. It takes its name from the
River Colne, with the
Old English
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suffix ''ēa'', meaning "river", and the
Middle English
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''strete'' "Roman road", referring to Watling Street.
Colney Street forms part of the civil parish of
St Stephen in the district of
St Albans. At the 2011 Census the population of the hamlet was included in that of St. Stephen.
See also
*
Colney Heath
*
London Colney
London Colney () is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. It is located to the north of London, close to Junction 22 of the M25 motorway.
It is near St Albans and part of the St Albans District. At the time of the 2001 census ...
References
External links
*
Hamlets in Hertfordshire
City of St Albans
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