[citation needed] The village has the only church in England dedicated to Saint Eata, Bishop of Hexham.

However, there is a crop photograph from the 1970s of a field in Attingham Park showing the site of a Saxon palace identical to one excavated near Hexham.

[3] The local airfield RAF Atcham, now returned to agriculture and light industry, was held by an American training unit for much of World War II.

In order of birth: Landmarks at Atcham include Attingham Park, seat of the Berwick barons until the title became extinct in 1953.

The old school buildings and adjacent house were sold to Mr and Mrs Caswell in 1982,[9] who have since run a small car sales and repair business.

It was opened after restoration in 1925 as the village hall and dedicated to the memory of the men of Atcham who had died in First World War.

[10] Outside the parish to the east, is the village of Wroxeter, formerly a Roman town and currently the site of one of Shropshire's commercial vineyards.