St Michael is a civil parish part of the City and District of St Albans in

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...

, England. The population in 2001 was 494. The local council is St Michael Parish Council.

History

St Michael was an

ancient parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority. ...

. The parish church was St Michael's Church in

St Albans St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major ...

. Part of the parish was within the Municipal Borough of St Albans until 1894, when it was split to create

St Michael Urban St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major town on the old Roman r ...

in the borough and St Michael Rural outside. St Michael Rural became part of

St Albans Rural District St Albans Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of Hertfordshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It surrounded but did not include the city of St Albans. Evolution St Albans Poor Law Union had been created in 1835 follow ...

. 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

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: *Appspond *Breakspears *Bushwood * Childwickbury *Gorhambury * Potters Crouch

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Michael Hertfordshire Civil parishes in Hertfordshire City of St Albans History of St Albans