Little Braxted

Little Braxted is a village and civil parish located near the town of Witham, in the Maldon district, in the county of Essex, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 170.^[1] According to the Census there were 84 males and 86 females living in the parish in 2011.^[2] Little Braxted has a small medieval church dedicated to St Nicholas, which was extensively decorated in the Victorian era.^[3] Little Braxted has one pub, The Green Man.^[4]

Little Braxted
St Nicholas's Church, Little Braxted
Little Braxted Location within Essex
Population	170 (2011 census)
OS grid reference	TL 835 147
Civil parish	Little Braxted
District	Maldon
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Witham
Postcode district	CM8
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Witham
List of places UK England Essex 51.801°N 0.661°E / 51.801; 0.661

Lawrence Washington was rector of St Nicholas's Church following his ejection from the somewhat better endowed All Saints Purleigh also in Essex.^[5]

In the 1870s Little Braxted was described as having:

Acres, 563. Real property, £1,173. Pop., 111. Houses, 23. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester Value, £118. Patrons, Trustees of Sir W. B. Rush. The church is good.^[6]