Question: St Michael's Church, St Albans is located near an ancient monument which was a town in what part of 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. Verulamium was a town in Roman Britain. <SEP>  Much of the building is late 10th or early 11th century, making it the most significant surviving Anglo-Saxon building in the county. St Michael's Church, St Albans is a Church of England parish church in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.  It is located near the centre of Roman Verulamium to the west of the modern city. <SEP> 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. <SEP> 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.