Great Braxted is a village between
Great Totham and
Tiptree in
Essex,
England. The population as of the 2011 census was 130.[1] 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.[2]
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