Editing Radlett (section)

===Pre-Roman period===
Radlett is situated on the ancient [[Watling Street]], one of the oldest trackways in Britain. Various archaeological finds of Mesolithic and Neolithic flints provide evidence that the Radlett area was inhabited in the Stone Age; the land was densely wooded and remained so until the Middle Ages. The [[Catuvellauni]] tribe settled in parts of Hertfordshire, near St Albans and Wheathamstead in about 80BC, although no trace of settlement has been found in or near Radlett itself. The name Radlett appears to come from the Old-English rad-gelaete meaning a junction of the roads and it is likely that the settlement grew at the point where the ancient route from Aldenham to Shenley crosses Watling Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hertsmere.gov.uk/Documents/09-Planning--Building-Control/Building--Tree-Conservation/Conservation-Areas/Radlett-South-CAA-Report.pdf |title=Radlett (South) Conservation Area Appraisal 2012}}</ref>