Settlement in the area dates back to Roman times as demonstrated by the excavation of a
Romano-British glass ribbed bowl from the village, now in the
British Museum. Radnage is not mentioned in Domesday Book and it appears from a 13th-century document to have been
royal demesne attached to the manor of
Brill. Later, it was divided into two parts. The smaller part was granted by
King Henry I to the newly established
Fontevrault Abbey in France and attached to property at Leighton in Bedfordshire, which was also given to Fontevrault. The larger part, known as Radnage Manor, was for a time retained by the crown and then in 1215 was granted by
King John to the
Knights Templar. When this order was suppressed in the early 14th century, their lands passed to the
Knights Hospitaller. On the
Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII the manor was again acquired by the crown.
King Charles I mortgaged it with other crown lands to the City of London in order to raise money. Later,
King Charles II was said to have given it to one of his mistresses. But by the 19th century both parts of the manor again belonged to the crown and so remained until the abolition of manorial rights in 1925. Dedicated on 1 May 1920,
Radnage War Memorial sits in a walled garden at Mudds Bank. == Amenities ==