Great Braxted

{{short description|Village in Essex, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

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|country = England

|coordinates = {{coord|51.795|0.699|display=inline,title}}

|official_name= Great Braxted

|population = 130

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|shire_district= Maldon

| shire_county = Essex

|region= East of England

|constituency_westminster= Witham

|post_town= Witham

|postcode_district=CM8

|postcode_area=CM

|dial_code=

|os_grid_reference= TL 862 141

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Great Braxted is a village between Great Totham and Tiptree in Essex, England. The population as of the 2011 census was 130.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123879&c=CM8+3DS&d=16&e=62&g=6425365&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1442930301010&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=22 September 2015}} 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.Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.61.

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