The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Cecadene (Old English for "Ceaca's hill or hill-pasture").

The camp, located on the outskirts of Checkendon, was opened in 1948 and offered accommodation in Nissen huts.

[9] Saint Peter and Saint Paul parish is now a member of The Langtree Team Ministry: a Church of England benefice that also includes the parishes of Ipsden, North Stoke, Stoke Row, Whitchurch-on-Thames and Woodcote.

The Four Horseshoes closed and in 2014 the landlord Brakspear was given permission to convert the pub into a post office.

This never transpired, however, and in 2018 the pub company successfully applied to convert the property into residential accommodation.

[20][21][22] Near the edge of the village, on public display, is the statue Nuba Survival by John Buckley, created in 2001.