Colney Street, Watling Street - geograph

Colney Street is a

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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

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and, before that,

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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

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suffix ''ēa'', meaning "river", and the

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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.

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* Hamlets in Hertfordshire City of St Albans {{Hertfordshire-geo-stub

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