Witcham Community Archive is a developing collection of images and memories of Witcham from its early history to present day.

People have been living in and near Witcham for over 6,000 years. The earliest settlers were Neolithic farmers living in the river valley to the north of the village. They left behind the flint and greenstone axes with which they cleared and burned the trees which were growing here. The Bronze Age people who came after them kept livestock, and left their socketed spearheads, daggers and shields in the same river valley. Iron Age settlers built ditches and banks to protect their settlements; that east of Wardy Hill Road continued in use into Roman times. The Romans left coins and the magnificent helmet found at Witcham Gravel. No Saxon relics have been found here, but the place names Hythe (a harbour), Slade (a muddy track), and the village name Witcham itself come from Saxon words. Originally Wiceham, and later Wycham, it means 'the place of the wych elms'.

Link- village website- www.witcham.org.uk