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Great Braxted, The Village c.1960
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The DuCane family, merchants of Huguenot descent, bought a large estate near the village in 1751. Their house, built in 1670, underwent extensive alterations in 1752-56. The DuCane Arms takes its name from the family, and stands on the site of an earlier alehouse.

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Memories of Great Braxted, the Village c1960

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Great Braxted, The Village c.1960

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Around 1960 I lived in the village shop with my parents and brother and our "grandmother" Molly Parr. She was not really related to us, my mother had been lodged with her when she was in the land army and they became firm friends for life. The shop used to house the Post office and library and stocked all you could want for day to day life, even fireworks in November. We moved out when ...see more