Skeith is first recorded as part of the name in the 13th century; it is Old Norse for a border or boundary, and may have originally applied to the part of the village that extends from the high ground surrounding the village green along The Street, parallel to the River Dove, which is close to the parish boundary.

[1] The pond on the village green, called the Grimmer, was the location of one of the last "swimmings" as a test of witchcraft in the country, in July 1825.

He was immersed repeatedly and floated each time; a second trial with a man of similar size was planned, but the clergyman and churchwardens prevented it.

[3] St Andrew's Church dates to the 14th century, with a Decorated west tower and the remainder in the later Perpendicular style, and was restored in 1858.

[9] Film sound recordist Peter Handford and his wife the actress Helen Fraser lived in Wickham Skeith until his death.