Witcham
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Witcham is a small village near Ely in Cambridgeshire, England.
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Place details
- Locality
- East Cambridgeshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Witcham
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL463800
- UK place.post_town
- ELY
- UK place.postcode_area
- CB
- UK place.postcode_district
- CB6
- UK place.dial_code
- 01353
- UK place.shire_county
- Cambridgeshire
- UK place.population
- 429
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.hide_services
- Yes
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Witcham Gravel
- References
- External links
Witcham is a small village near Ely in Cambridgeshire, England.
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 the first century AD, known as the Witcham Gravel helmet, was found in the village gravel pit, and now resides in the British Museum.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Witcham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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