| Brasted | |
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 The village green at Brasted | |
  Brasted Location withinKent | |
| Population | 1,429 (2011 census)[1] |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WESTERHAM |
| Postcode district | TN16 |
| Dialling code | 01959 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
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Brasted/ˈbreɪstɛd/[2] is a village andcivil parish in theSevenoaks District ofKent, England. Brasted lies on theA25 road, betweenSundridge andWesterham; the road is named Westerham Road, High Street and Main Road as it passes through the village east to west. Brasted is 6 km west ofSevenoaks town. The parish had a population of 1321 (2001 census) and includes the hamlets ofBrasted Chart,Toys Hill and Puddledock. The village of Brasted has a number of 18th-century houses with severalantique shops,pubs and residences. The parish church is dedicated to St Martin.
The name is recorded asBriestede in 1086, one of only two large manors in thehundred ofWesterham described in theDomesday Book,[3] and asBradestede around 1100; it is fromOld Englishbrād +stede and means "broad place".[4] After the Domesday hundreds of Kent were consolidated, Brasted was in the "Hundred of Westerham and Edenbridge".[5] From 1894 to 1974, Brasted was within theSevenoaks Rural District.
In the 18th century and earlier, Brasted had the economic advantage of a watermill.
Brasted had arailway station on thebranch line running betweenWesterham andDunton Green that opened in 1881 and closed in 1961.
John Turton (1735–1806), famed physician toKing George III, was the first owner ofBrasted Place, one of only two houses in Kent that were designed by neoclassical architectRobert Adam.[6][7] In the 19th century,Napoleon III lived for a time at Brasted Place[6] and it was also the childhood home of garden designerHenry Avray Tipping. In 1911 it was purchased by the mining millionaireLeslie Urquhart. Later in the 20th century, it housed Brasted Place Theological College and surrounding acreage was sold for mainly residential uses. Following its disuse as acountry house, it was eventually repurposed as commercial office suites. In the early 21st century, architect and restorationist Michael Wilson crafted a seven apartment interior for Brasted Place, now within an eight-acre park.[8] Its lodge and gateway also became listed historic buildings.[9]
Australiansoft-drink manufacturerGeorge Marchant was born in Brasted in 1857. During the Second World War the localpub, the White Hart, was popular withRAF fighter pilots stationed at nearbyRAF Biggin Hill.
Just to the north of Brasted theM25 motorway passes in a west–east direction; theRiver Darent has its source near the village.
Brasted Chart is a hamlet within thecivil parish of Brasted. It lies to the south of Brasted and the north ofFour Elms. Its road, Chart Lane, leads to another hamlet calledToys Hill to the south. There is no chapel or church; however there are numerous Grade IIlisted buildings, the former stables and coach house and linking wall and mounting block to the south west of the house of Foxwold. Similarly, all the buildings (Cottage, Oast House, Piggery and former dairy, now a base camp for private group bookings and working holidays) at Outridge Farm (owned by theNational Trust) have Grade II listed building status. The Oast Houses are unique in that the cowls are octagonal, in comparison to the usual conical shape found in both Kent and Sussex.[10]
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