The name is thought to be derived from the Old English bræsc + feld, meaning 'open land with small branches or brushwood'.

At the southern edge the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens are on younger deposits of Eocene age, sloping from a ridge of the Nursling sands into a valley of London Clay.

[5] Higgins James Bown of Laurel Cottage, was the village wheelwright, carpenter, chairmaker and undertaker.

Braishfield has a long running football club, who play their home games at the Recreation Ground.

They also have six boys teams at various age groups in the Test Way Youth League known as the Braishfield bees.