Monday evenings from 23rd January 2012 7.30 to 8.30 pm See village hall page

The village's name may derive from FRECENA, Saxon for

 "the home of strong men or warriors".

Freckenham, now a village with a population of about 270 on the electoral role in some 160 properties, started to decline in importance before London was more than a village. Neolithic (very nearly 7,000 years ago) remains such as shaped flints bear evidence to early man's activities in the area; a flint axe was found half a mile east of Freckenham House in 1884. Freckenham was very well placed from a survival point of view when survival was man’s main difficulty; on three sides the village was protected by the vast marshy Fens to impenetrable to those without local knowledge. On the fourth side the earthworks in the field by the church provided means of defense. It is likely that the earthworks here were some 15 to 20 feet in height, gradually settling with the effect of rain and earthworms. This protection and the light, easily-cultivated soil made the site an attractive place to live. 


Display at 2010 Flower Festival


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