Great Braxted
Great Braxted is a village between Great Totham and Tiptree in Essex, England. The local manor house is known as Braxted Park. The medieval All Saints' church is contained within its 2,000-acre estate.
The place-name 'Braxted' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Brachesteda. The name comes from the Old English 'braec', meaning 'newly-cultivated land'. Great Braxted is first attested (in Latin) as Magna Bracsted in 1206, whilst Little Braxted is first attested as Parva Bracstede in 1254.[1]
All Saints' church, Great Braxted
References
- ↑ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.61.
External links
Media related to Great Braxted at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 51°47′43″N 0°41′58″E / 51.795296°N 0.699535°E