What is Wheathampstead?
{{infobox UK place |official_name= Wheathampstead |static_image=Wheathampstead Town Centre.jpg |static_image_caption=Wheathampstead village centre |area_total_sq_mi= 10.03 |population= 6410 |population_ref= (2011)<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11130520&c=Wheathampstead&d=16&e=62&g=6434604&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1385657427239&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 Wheathampstead.]</ref> |civil_parish=Wheathampstead |shire_district= [[St Albans]] |shire_county = [[Hertfordshire]] |country = England |post_town= [[St Albans]] |postcode_district= AL4 8 |postcode_area= AL |dial_code= 01582 |website= [http://wheathampstead-pc.gov.uk Wheathampstead Parish Council]}} [[File:Celtic gold stater Catuvellauni Tasciovanus.jpg|thumb|300px|gold coin of the Catuvellauni, minted about 20 BC at St Albans]] [[File:St. Helen, the parish church of Wheathampstead - geograph.org.uk - 1310349.jpg|thumb|right|300px|notice pointed arches]] '''Wheathampstead''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] north of [[St Albans]]. It is part of the City and District of [[St Albans]], in [[Hertfordshire]]. Its [[parliament]]ary constituency is [[Hitchin and Harpenden]]. The village is on the River Lea (or Lee), a [[tributary]] of the [[Thames]]. The population of Wheathampstead at the time of the 2001 [[United Kingdom Census 2001|census]] was 6,058. ==History== Settlements in this area were made about 50 [[BC]] by [[Belgae|Belgic]] invaders. They moved up the rivers [[River Thames|Thames]] and [[River Lea|Lea]] from what is now [[Belgium]]. Evidence for them was found in [[Devil's Dyke, Hertfordshire|Devil's Dyke]], at the eastern side of Wheathampstead. The Devil's Dyke earthworks are remains of an ancient settlement of the [[Catuvellauni]]. It is thought to have been the tribe's original capital. The capital was moved to Verlamion, later the Roman [[Verulamium]]. This became the modern St Albans. The Devil's Dyke is reputedly where [[Julius Caesar]] defeated [[Cassivellaunus]