the settlement is referred to as 'Tachesteda' and in subsequent official records variously as "Thacstede", "Thaxstede", "Thackestede" and "Thakstede", amongst other spellings. As late as the nineteenth century, the spelling "Thackstead" was still in use.

History

Thaxted developed as a Saxon settlement on a Roman road. There was a Roman villa to the east of the current town and Roman artefacts have been discovered in the area. The British Museum

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