Editing Markyate (section)

==Geography==
The name of the village has had several former variants, including ''Markyate Street'', ''Market Street'' and ''Mergyate''. Markyate historically straddled [[Hertfordshire]] and [[Bedfordshire]] until boundary changes in 1897 placed it entirely in Hertfordshire. Markyate is close to the source of the [[River Ver]], which has occasionally flooded the centre of the village, though the watercourse is often dry during parts of the year.

Markyate forms part of the borough of [[Dacorum]] (administered from [[Hemel Hempstead]]), but has [[Luton]] (01582) phone numbers and a [[St Albans]] postal code (AL3). Although historically a rural and agricultural area, it is now a dormitory [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/168511 village] for Luton and the surrounding region, as it is a short distance from junction 9 of the [[M1 motorway]].

The village lies near the junction of the A5183 [[Watling Street]] (formerly the [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]] until [[de-trunking]]) and the B4540 (for Luton and [[Caddington]]). A bypass for the A5 was constructed to the east of the village in 1955.