St Albans Cathedral has the longest nave (84 m, 276 ft) of any cathedral in England. Although much of its architecture dates from Norman times, it was

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St Albans Cathedral has the longest nave (84 m, 276 ft) of any cathedral in England. Although much of its architecture dates from Norman times, it was named after Saint Alban, who was a Christian martyred in the Roman city of Verulanium. He was beheaded, according to legend, on the spot where the cathedral named after him now stands. The site is on a steep hill and legend has it that his head rolled down the hill after being cut off and that a well sprang up at the point where it stopped. So there. Here we see its fine interior.

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