[1] It is, based upon the writing of Matthew Paris, believed to have been founded in AD948 by Abbot Ulsinus of St Albans.

The three churches, all of which still exist as active places of Christian worship, stand on the three main roads into St Albans.

Little now remains of that building, but the small window, deep set in rough masonry by the door to the Parish Centre, has been dated to around AD950.

[1] The height of the nave walls was increased and windows inserted at high level to allow more light to penetrate the interior of the church.

[1] The building today is largely medieval, but was restored from near-ruinous conditions in the 1860s by George Gilbert Scott.