Witcham

Other current and historical names

Wiceham
Witcham Gravel

Built-Up Area: Witcham
Parish/Community: Witcham
District/Borough: East Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°23'53"N 0°8'57"E
Eastings/Northings: 546327, 279972
OS Grid: TL463799
Mapcode Local: GBR L50.NJP
Mapcode Global: VHHJ4.JZRF

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Witcham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Witcham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Witcham, par. and vil., Cambridgeshire, in N. of co.- par., 2671 ac., pop. 385; vil., 5½ m. W. of Ely; P.O.

Witcham in the Domesday Book

A village in Ely 2 hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders; 4 cottagers; 12 freemen; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 7 ploughs

British Place Names

Witcham, Cambridgeshire

Witcham is a village in Cambridgeshire

Witcham in historic gazetteers

Witcham in the Domesday Book