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Great Braxted

village · Essex

Old EnglishAI-generated

The name means 'great settlement of Bracca's people'. It is composed of the Old English 'grēat' (great) and 'tūn' (farmstead, village), referring to the settlement of the followers of a man named Bracca.

Word origins

Great
Old Englishgreat(from grēat "great")
Braxted
Old Englishsettlement of Bracca's people(from Bracca's tūn "settlement of Bracca's people")

Historical forms

Bracested · Bracsted