Witcham

Witcham
Witcham Witcham shown within Cambridgeshire
Population	429 (2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	TL463800
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ELY
Postcode district	CB6
Dialling code	01353
EU Parliament	East of England
Website	http://www.witcham.org.uk
List of places UK England Cambridgeshire

Coordinates: 52°23′56″N 0°09′00″E / 52.399°N 0.150°E / 52.399; 0.150

Signpost in Witcham

Witcham is a small village near Ely in Cambridgeshire, England.

The village is surrounded by fenland farms and has a village hall and a 13th-century church dedicated to St Martin. It has a pub called the White Horse, which was the winner of the Ely and District CAMRA Rural Pub of the Year Award 2006, 2010, 2011 and Overall Pub of the Year Award 2011. It also has a fine village green.

The village hosts the World Pea Shooting Championships on the second Saturday in July every year and has staged the competition annually since 1971.

Witcham is built around a cross-roads in the centre of the village with each of the four roads having housing on each side for 50-200m. The north-bound street is called "Martins Lane", the east-bound street is "High Street", south-bound is "The Slade", and west-bound is "Silver Street", which leads to the more recent housing developments of "Westway Place" and "The Orchards".

The Witcham Gravel Helmet in the British Museum

The name of the village derives from "Wycham", meaning "place of the wych elms", after the trees that used to grow there in significant numbers. A Roman cavalry helmet dating from AD 14 was found in the village gravel pit, and now resides in the British Museum.^[2]

References

↑ "Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics. Area: Witcham (Parish)". ONS. 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
↑ British Museum Collection

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Settlements in East Cambridgeshire

Cities	Ely

Towns	Soham

Villages	Aldreth Ashley Barway Bottisham Brinkley Burwell Chettisham Cheveley Chippenham Coveney Dullingham Fordham Haddenham Isleham Little Downham Little Thetford Littleport Lode Longmeadow Mepal Prickwillow Pymoor Queen Adelaide Reach Stetchworth Stretham Stuntney Sutton Swaffham Bulbeck Swaffham Prior Upware Wicken Wilburton Witcham Witchford Woodditton

Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in Cambridgeshire

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