The name may have been derived from that of a Saxon chief called "Tace" (or perhaps "Tac" or "Tec"), who established a village in around AD 500. The settlement might have been known as "Taceham" - "ham" meaning hamlet in Saxon. However one of the earliest written references in c.951 and c.975 records it as Thaecham. The Thaec comes from the Saxon "þæc" or "thaec" meaning roof-covering. By the time of Domesday Norman Conquest in 1086 the name had altered slightly to "Taceham" before going through several minor changes until the current form was adopted in the 16th century.