Fincham's name is of
Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the
Old English for a homestead or settlement with an abundance of
finches. The
Roman Fen Causeway once ran through Fincham meaning the parish has yielded numerous Roman artefacts including three separate hoards of silver coins, a curious figure of a hare and hound and a bust of
Jupiter. The foundations of a Roman building have been discovered in the north of the parish, which have been excavated by Norfolk Heritage in the 1990s. The parish has also yielded many artefacts from the Anglo-Saxon period including rare coins dating from the reign of
King Rædwald and another that was minted in
Maastricht. With later coins found dating from the reigns of
King Cnut and
Æthelred the Unready. In the
Domesday Book, Fincham is listed as a settlement of 164 households in the
hundred of Clackclose. In 1086, the village was divided between the
East Anglian estates of
William de Warenne,
Hermer de Ferrers,
Bury St Edmunds Abbey,
St. Etheldreda's Abbey, Ralph Baynard and Reginald, son of Ivo. Fincham Hall is a manor-house dating from the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, with an earlier octagonal brick tower. Today, the hall is available for tourists to rent on
Airbnb. Talbot Hall was built in Eighteenth Century and was notable for hosting an impressive collection of
orchids currently displayed in
Kew Botanical Gardens. ==Geography==