St Michael, Hertfordshire

St Michael
St Michael  St Michael shown within Hertfordshire
Area	8.2 sq mi (21 km2)
Population	477 (2011)[1]
– density	58/sq mi (22/km2)
OS grid reference	TL113071
Civil parish	St Michael
District	St Albans
Shire county	Hertfordshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ST AlBANS
Postcode district	AL3
Dialling code	01727
Police	Hertfordshire
Fire	Hertfordshire
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	St Albans
List of places UK England Hertfordshire

Coordinates: 51°45′05″N 0°23′10″W / 51.751389°N 0.386111°W / 51.751389; -0.386111

St Michael is a civil parish part of the City and District of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England.^[2] From 1894 to 1974 the parish was known as St Michael Rural. The population in 2001 was 494.^[3] The local council is St Michael Parish Council.

History

St Michael was an ancient parish. Part of the parish was within the Municipal Borough of St Albans until 1894, when it was split to create St Michael Urban in the borough and St Michael Rural outside.^[4] St Michael Rural became part of St Albans Rural District.

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 St Albans 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

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