Westerham described in the Domesday Book, and as Bradestede around 1100; it is from Old English brad + 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.

In the 18th century and earlier, Brasted had the