History
Pre historic finds discovered in 2011, have shown that early settlement, of what is now known as Long Melford, dates back to the Mesolithic period of up to 8,300 BC. In addition, Iron Age finds were made in the same year, and again were found within the largely central area, of the current village.
The Romans constructed two roads through Melford, the main one running from Chelmsford through to Pakenham. Roman remains were discovered in a gravel pit in 1828, a site now occupied by the village's football club. Roman finds in recent years included complete skeletons,a stone coffin, part of the original Roman Road, complete Samian pottery,and a Spartha Sword unearthed in a villagers garden. Some archaelogical evidence of a Saxon settlement in the area has been discovered.
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