Question: St Michael's Church, St Albans is located near an ancient monument which was a town in what part of Britain?

Context articles: St Michael, Hertfordshire
Sheldon, Derbyshire
Beech Bottom Dyke
Abenhall
Abbey line
St Stephen, Hertfordshire
Verulamium
St Albans School, Hertfordshire
St Michael's Church, St Albans
St Albans Hoard

St Michael is a civil parish part of the City and District of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England.
 From 1894 to 1974 the parish was known as St Michael Rural.
 The population in 2001 was 494.
 The local council is St Michael Parish Council.
Sheldon is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, England near Bakewell.
 It is best known for being the closest village to Magpie Mine, a lead mine with an engine house built in the Cornish style.
 Lead mining flourished around here in the 18th and 19th centuries.
 It is now scheduled as an ancient monument, and is the most complete example of a lead mine remaining in the Peak District.
 It is about 1050 feet above sea level.
 Sheldon is home of the Church of St Michael and All Angels as well.
 The church was erected in the 19th century with material derived from dismantling the former Chapel of Ease.
 It is in the civil parish of Ashford-in-the-Water.
Beech Bottom Dyke, is a large ditch running for almost a mile at the northern edge of St Albans, Hertfordshire flanked by banks on both sides.
 It is up to 30 m wide, and 10 m deep, and it can be followed for three quarters of a mile between the "Ancient Briton Crossroads" on the St Albans to Harpenden road until it is crossed by the Thameslink/Midland mainline railway at Sandridge.
 Beyond the railway embankment it continues, to finish just short of the St Albans to Sandridge road.
 This part is not accessible to the public.
Abenhall is a small village in the English county of Gloucestershire, lying on the road between Mitcheldean and Flaxley in the Forest of Dean.
 The parish includes the settlement of Plump Hill, which is actually more populous than Abenhall itself, and was once part of the Hundred of St Briavels (known as Dene at the time of the Domesday book in 1086).
 Originally a mining and iron-making centre like much of the surrounding area, the village is notable for its 14th century Church of St Michael, which is built of local red sandstone and has ornate contemporary carvings relating to the Forest of Dean's principal industries.
 These include a shield bearing the arms of the Freeminers on the west wall and a mid-15th century octagonal font, that has tools of miners and metalworkers incised on its sides.
 Abenhall is a tiny, ancient village in a secluded quiet valley near Mitcheldean.
 The parish includes the settlement of Plump Hill, on the Mitcheldean to Cinderford Road as it climbs into the high Forest.
 Abenhall is on the Flaxley to Mitcheldean Road.
 Originally a mining and iron making centre, it is notable for its 14th century Church of St Michael, which is built of local red sandstone and has excellent contemporary carvings relating to the Forest of Dean's industries.
 These include a shield bearing the arms of the Freeminers on the west wall and the fabulous mid-15th century octagonal font, that has tools of miners and metalworkers incised on its sides.
 In the west tower is a spectacular new window installed 14 April 2011 by stained glass artist Thomas Denny; presented by the current free miners of the Forest of Dean to represent their gratitude and present day continuation of the ancient local customs of coal, iron ore and stone mining.
The Abbey line, also called the St Albans Abbey branch line, is a railway line from Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey.
 The 6.5 mi route passes through town and countryside in the county of Hertfordshire, just outside the boundaries of the Oyster Card and London fare zones.
 Its northern terminus in St Albans Abbey is located in the south of the city, around 1.2 km away from the larger St Albans City railway station on the Thameslink line.
St Stephen is a civil parish in the St Albans City and District in Hertfordshire, England.
 It is located approximately 17 mi north-northwest of central London, straddling the M25 motorway and immediately adjacent to the southern boundary of St Albans.
 St Stephen is a partly urbanised parish with multiple centres of activity and open land that forms part of the Metropolitan Green Belt.
 The local council is St Stephen Parish Council.
 The parish covers Bricket Wood, Chiswell Green, Frogmore, 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.
Verulamium was a town in Roman Britain.
 It was sited in the southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, Great Britain.
 A large portion of the Roman city remains unexcavated, being now park and agricultural land, though much has been built upon (see below).
 The ancient Watling Street passed through the city.
 Much of the site and its environs is now classed as a scheduled ancient monument.
St Albans School is an independent school in the city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, in the South East of England.
 Entry before Sixth Form is for boys only, but the Sixth Form has been co-educational since 1991.
 Founded in 948 by Wulsin, St Albans School is not only the oldest school in Hertfordshire but also one of the oldest in the world.
 The school has been called "Britain's oldest public school" by the "Daily Mail".
 Nicholas Carlisle, in 1818, described the school as "of very ancient origin, and of great celebrity" and the "Good Schools Guide" describes St Albans as a "traditional public school, with a rich history".
St Michael's Church, St Albans is a Church of England parish church in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
 Much of the building is late 10th or early 11th century, making it the most significant surviving Anglo-Saxon building in the county.
 It is located near the centre of Roman Verulamium to the west of the modern city.
The St Albans Hoard is a large hoard of late Roman gold coins found by a metal detectorist in a field near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England in 2012.
 It is believed to be one of the largest hoards of Roman gold coins ever found in Britain.
 The hoard consists of 159 solidi dating from the last decades of the fourth century AD, near the end of the Roman occupation of Britain.
 After about 408, new Roman coins ceased to circulate in Britain, causing the collapse of the monetary economy and of mass-production industry.