The University of Hertfordshire (UH) is a relatively young university scene in the UK, founded in 1952, located in St. Albans on the edge of the city centre, just a few miles from London. The university’s law school itself is based in Hatfield Road, St Albans, and moved from its De Havilland campus to Hatfields in 2011. Richard Young, the editor of Hertfordshire Life, said: “In recent years, with the rise of universities in London and the growth of London as a destination for students and visitors to the capital, Hertfordshire has become a go-go destination for commuters to and from the capital.
The road from London to Shenley was probably built in the eleventh century, and the road leading to the east is the same as that from Sopwell Lane to St Albans, which leads to Watling Street and its intersection with the Great Northern Railway Company. The road linking the town to Watling Street was rebuilt in 1833 when Lord Verulam formed a new carriage ride to Gorhambury and an existing elevated road was built. On 16 October 1865, the Greater Northern Railway opened the Great Northern Railway Line between London and St Alban, and on 1 October 1868, the Midland Railway began its first passenger service between the two cities.
St Albans expanded rapidly over the next few years, gaining access to the Great Northern Railway Line, Midland Railway and a number of other rail lines.
In 1894, the parish of St Albans, which had formed the district (which was to be reduced to St Stephen’s), became part of the rural district of St Alban. The district was dissolved on 1 April 1974 and the city of St. Albania now comprises the entire parish of St. Alban and extends to the northeast of the city, to the south-west and east-south along the Great Northern Railway Line and the Midland Railway Line. Since then it has become one of the largest and most populous cities in England with over 3,000 inhabitants and has become the second-largest city in the UK after London.
The river used to stretch to the so-called Tonmansdyke town boundary, which runs along the east side of Marlborough Road, also known as Houndsditch, and to the north-west along the Great Northern Railway Line. The Great Red Lion Inn, the underground stables for ten or twelve horses used for carts from St Albans via Watford, was across the road until it was rebuilt in 1896. This inn, housed in the former St. Stephen’s Church on St. Alban’s Street, was a popular resting place for travelling monks in the Middle Ages.
From the very beginning, St Albans owes much of its prosperity to the fact that there are a large number of roads in the city, some of which are of a similar design to the London Road and the Great Northern Railway Line. Victoria Street formerly called Shropshire Lane and later Sweetbriar Lane became London Street in 1794. As with other streets leading into the city, it appears to have passed through Harpenden Street, formerly known as Luton Lane. Hatfield Road was known as New Lane in the 16th century and was the main thoroughfare between the city centre and the centre of St Alban. In the following centuries, it was also an important road and an important route for the transport of goods and people.
The Castle Inn, which Shakespeare, 33, mentioned when describing the death of a man who is believed to have fallen through the door of the inn, is at the intersection of Hatfield Road and London Road in central St Albans. The King’s troops concentrated in this area, while an army under the Duke of York was stationed in a field called Key field, which belonged to the Cross Keys Inn, which stood on the site of what is now London Road.
Just north of St. Peter’s Church stood the castle tavern, where his predecessor Henry VI is said to have slept. Obviously, the city had originally grown from a small village, which probably existed since the 11th century, to a large city with about 1,000 inhabitants, that is, a quarter of a million people.
The abbey was dissolved in 1539 and the land eventually passed into the hands of the Bacon family, and Francis Bacon, the Viceroy of St Albans, is commemorated with a statue in the Church of St Michael. The first charter of the county dates back to 1553 and the boundaries were adjusted to include parts of the Sandridge community. In 1555, after the elevation of the abbey of St. Alban to a cathedral, the municipality obtained the status of a city. With the establishment of a new city council in 1611, St Albans became a district with a population of about 1,000, but with the same boundaries as the city.