St Stephen is a

civil 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 ...

in the

St Albans City and District The City and District of St Albans () is a local authority district in Hertfordshire in the East of England region. The main urban settlements are St Albans and Harpenden. The council offices are in St Albans. History St Albans City and Dist ...

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, England. It is located approximately north-northwest of central London, straddling the

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and immediately adjacent to the southern boundary of

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 ...

. St Stephen is a partly urbanised parish with multiple centres of activity and open land that forms part of the

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. The local council is St Stephen Parish Council. The parish covers

Bricket Wood Bricket Wood is a village in the county of Hertfordshire, England, south of St Albans and north-northeast of Watford. History The area of Bricket Wood was mostly occupied by farmers until Bricket Wood railway station was built in 1861. In 18 ...

Chiswell Green Chiswell Green is a village, to the south of St. Albans, in the parish of St Stephen and district of City of St Albans in Hertfordshire. It has a population of approximately 2,800. It is in the civil parish of St. Stephen. It is located on the N ...

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Colney Street Colney Street is a hamlet in the English county of Hertfordshire. It lies on the A5183 road, this was formerly the A5 road and, before that, Roman Britain's Watling Street. In addition its northern boundary is delineated by the M25 motorway. T ...

How Wood How Wood is a residential village, south of Park Street village between the towns of Watford and St Albans in St Stephen civil parish, Hertfordshire, England. The district council (in this instance, mid-tier of local government) is the City and ...

and Park Street. It is an ancient parish, and sections of it were transferred to St Albans progressively up to 1935. At the 2011 census it had a population of 13,865.

History

St Stephen is 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. ...

named after the 10th century St Stephen's Church in St Albans. Part of the parish was within the

Municipal Borough of St Albans 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 ro ...

from 1835 until 1894. The part within the borough was transferred to the parish of St Albans in 1894. The remaining part of the parish 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 ...

in 1894 and the St Stephen Parish Council was created. 335 acres of the parish were transferred to St Albans in 1913 and 712 acres in 1935.

Government

St Stephen Parish Council is elected from wards as follows:St Stephen Parish Council - Councillors
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(4 councillors) *

(3 councillors) * Park Street (5 councillors) The parish council offices are in Bricket Wood.

Geography

The parish is located to the southwest of

and includes the areas of

and Park Street.

References

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{{Civil parishes of Hertfordshire Civil parishes in Hertfordshire City of St Albans