Brasted
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Brasted is a village and civil parish
in the Sevenoaks
District of Kent
, England
. The parish is located to the west of Sevenoaks
town. The parish includes the settlements of Brasted Chart
and Toys Hill
, and had a population of 1321 persons (2001 census). The single slightly winding street of the village has a number of 18th-century houses, and several antique shops
. The parish church is dedicated to St Martin.
The name is recorded as Briestede in 1086 and as Bradestede around 1100; it is from Old English brād + stede and means 'broad place.'
Napoleon III lived in Brasted Place (one of only two Robert Adam
houses in Kent). Another famous resident was John Turton
, physician to King George III.
During the Second World War the White Hart pub was popular with RAF fighter pilots stationed at nearby Biggin Hill.
Australian soft-drink manufacturer George Marchant
was born here in 1857.
Brasted used to be served by a railway station
on the branch line running between Westerham
and Dunton Green
that opened in 1881 and closed in 1961.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks (district)
Sevenoaks is a local government district covering the western most part of Kent in England. Its council is based in the town of Sevenoaks. It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Sevenoaks Urban District, Sevenoaks Rural District and part of Dartford...
District of Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The parish is located to the west of Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks is a commuter town situated on the London fringe of west Kent, England, some 20 miles south-east of Charing Cross, on one of the principal commuter rail lines from the capital...
town. The parish includes the settlements of Brasted Chart
Brasted Chart
Brasted Chart is a hamlet within the civil parish of Brasted in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It lies to the south of Brasted and the North of Four Elms. It joins another hamlet called Toys Hill....
and Toys Hill
Toys Hill
Toys Hill is a hamlet in Brasted civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. It lies to the south of Brasted Chart, also in the parish. The hamlet is situated on the scarp slope of the Greensand Ridge, a high escarpment formed of Lower Greensand sandstone immediately north of the Weald...
, and had a population of 1321 persons (2001 census). The single slightly winding street of the village has a number of 18th-century houses, and several antique shops
Antiques
An antique is an old collectible item. It is collected or desirable because of its age , beauty, rarity, condition, utility, personal emotional connection, and/or other unique features...
. The parish church is dedicated to St Martin.
The name is recorded as Briestede in 1086 and as Bradestede around 1100; it is from Old English brād + stede and means 'broad place.'
Napoleon III lived in Brasted Place (one of only two Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Robert Adam was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam , Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him...
houses in Kent). Another famous resident was John Turton
John Turton
John Turton was born in Staffordshire and trained as a physician.He became the doctor of King George III of Great Britain and treated that monarch during bouts of his madness. His house, Brasted Place, was designed by architect Robert Adam and is one of the finest country houses in Kent. He was...
, physician to King George III.
During the Second World War the White Hart pub was popular with RAF fighter pilots stationed at nearby Biggin Hill.
Australian soft-drink manufacturer George Marchant
George Marchant
George Marchant was an Australian soft-drink manufacturer and philanthropist.Marchant was born in Brasted, Kent, England, the son of a builder and hotel keeper. As a boy he become interested in the temperance movement. He arrived in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on the Ramsey on 9 June 1874at...
was born here in 1857.
Brasted used to be served by a railway station
Brasted railway station
Brasted is a disused intermediate railway station on the closed Westerham Valley Branch Line in Kent.The station was built by the Westerham Valley Railway Company and soon taken over by the South Eastern Railway which became the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1899...
on the branch line running between Westerham
Westerham
Westerham is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, in South East England with 5,000 people. The parish is south of the North Downs, ten miles west of Sevenoaks. It covers 5800 acres . It is recorded as early as the 9th century, and was mentioned in the Domesday Book in a...
and Dunton Green
Dunton Green
Dunton Green is a small village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England, lying in the valley of the River Darent, three miles north of Sevenoaks. The original ecclesiastical parish of Dunton Green was part of Otford parish...
that opened in 1881 and closed in 1961.