Brasted
Sign in to saveBrasted is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. Brasted lies on the A25 road, between Sundridge and Westerham; the road is named Westerham Road, High Street and Main Road as it passes through the village east to west. Brasted is west of Sevenoaks town. The parish had a population of 1321 (2001 census) and includes the hamlets of Brasted Chart, Toys Hill and Puddledock. The village of Brasted has a number of 18th-century houses with several antique shops, pubs and residences. The parish church is dedicated to St Martin.
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Place details
- Locality
- Sevenoaks
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 844
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Brasted
- UK place.population
- 1,429
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Brasted
- UK place.shire_district
- Sevenoaks
- UK place.shire_county
- Kent
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Sevenoaks
- UK place.post_town
- WESTERHAM
- UK place.postcode_district
- TN16
- UK place.postcode_area
- TN
- UK place.dial_code
- 01959
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Sevenoaks
- Population
- +1429
- Shares border with
- Tatsfield
- Image
- Brasted Village Sign - geograph.org.uk - 1670505.jpg
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Article
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- History
- Brasted Chart
- Nearest settlements
- See also
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Brasted is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. Brasted lies on the A25 road, between Sundridge and Westerham; the road is named Westerham Road, High Street and Main Road as it passes through the village east to west. Brasted is west of Sevenoaks town. The parish had a population of 1321 (2001 census) and includes the hamlets of Brasted Chart, Toys Hill and Puddledock. The village of Brasted has a number of 18th-century houses with several antique shops, pubs and residences. The parish church is dedicated to St Martin.
==History== The name is recorded as Briestede in 1086, one of only two large manors in the hundred of Westerham described in the Domesday Book, and as Bradestede around 1100; it is from Old English brād + stede and means "broad place". After the Domesday hundreds of Kent were consolidated, Brasted was in the "Hundred of Westerham and Edenbridge". From 1894 to 1974, Brasted was within the Sevenoaks Rural District.