St Stephen is a

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in the St Albans City and District in

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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

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. 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 city centre (though in said city's contiguous built-up area) and north-northeast of Watford. History The area of Bricket Wood was mostly occupied by farme ...

, Chiswell Green,

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, Colney Street, How Wood 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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

named after the 10th century St Stephen's Church in St Albans. Part of the parish was within the Municipal Borough of St Albans 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 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) * Chiswell Green (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

, Chiswell Green, Colney Street,

, How Wood and Park Street.

References

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