St Michael 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 authorit ...

part of the

City and District of St Albans 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 Distr ...

in Hertfordshire, England. The population in 2001 was 494. The local council is St Michael Parish Council.

History

St Michael was an ancient parish. The parish church was St Michael'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 ...

until 1894, when it was split to create St Michael Urban in the borough and St Michael Rural outside. 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 England, an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a civil parish (the lowest level of local government, not to be confused with an ecclesiastical parish). Most urbanised districts of England are either entirely or partly unpa ...

Dacorum The Borough of Dacorum is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England that includes the towns of Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring and Kings Langley. The district, which was formed in 1974, had a population of 137,799 in 2001. I ...

and the rest becoming the parish of St Michael in the

City of St Albans The City and District of St Albans () is a local authority district in Hertfordshire in the East of England region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical ...

district.

Geography

It comprises a wholly rural area to the west of St Albans and is bounded on its western side by

Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead () is a town in the Dacorum district in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of London, which is part of the Greater London Urban Area. The population at the 2011 census was 97,500. Developed after the Second World War as a new ...

. The parish is bisected by the

M1 motorway The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the UK; the first motorway in the country was the Preston By-pass, which ...

. Settlement is dispersed across a number of small and isolated hamlets: *Appspond *Breakspears *Bushwood *

Childwickbury Childwickbury is a hamlet in Hertfordshire, England lying to the north of St Albans in the parish of St Michael. Childwickbury Manor was home to Stanley Kubrick from 1978 until his death there in 1999. Many of the buildings in Childwickbury ar ...

*Gorhambury *

Potters Crouch Potters Crouch is a small hamlet in Hertfordshire, England, south-west of St Albans near Chiswell Green. It is in the civil parish of St Michael. History It is believed by historians that the area around Potters Crouch was originally a part o ...

References

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