St. Albans Test for Paternity

DNA Bioscience offers an extensive range of paternity and DNA relationship tests to the residents of St Albans and the surrounding area. As we have dealt with a number of customers from St Albans we wanted to also take the opportunity of providing information about this city.

St. Albans is Hertfordshire's oldest town, a modern city shaped by over 2000 years of human occupation. The town first appeared as Verlamion, a Celtic Iron Age settlement whose name means 'the settlement above the Marsh'. After the Roman conquest of Britain in AD 43, it developed as Verulamium and became one of the largest towns in Roman Britain. Built mainly of wood, it was destroyed during the revolt of Boudicca in AD 60-61 but was rebuilt and grew to feature many impressive town houses and public buildings. It was encircled by gated walls in AD 275.

The town prospered during the Middle Ages, catering for travellers and pilgrims. Many inns grew up around the Abbey. The Fleur-de-Lys, the George and the Tabard Inn were all built in the 15th century. Others on Holywell Hill and George Street survived, no longer as inns but as shops and offices. After the Reformation, the town continued to prosper with the growth of the stage coach service from London.

The 20th century has seen St. Albans continue to develop as a commuter town while maintaining a distinctive character. It attracted industries such as printing and Ryder & Son seed merchants. Samuel Ryder is better known today as the founder of the golfing trophy the Ryder Cup. The 1920's and 1930's brought expansion in the electrical and aircraft industries, a process that was further stimulated by the Second World War.