What is "thaxted"

Thaxted is a town and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England.

Thaxted may refer to:

• Thaxted, a town in the Uttlesford district, Essex, England
  • Thaxted railway station, a station serving the village of Thaxted, Essex
  • Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway
  • Thaxted (tune), a hymn tune by Gustav Holst

"Thaxted" is a hymn tune by the English composer Gustav Holst, based on the stately theme from the middle section of the Jupiter movement of his orchestral suite The Planets and named after Thaxted, the English village where he resided much of his life. He adapted the theme in 1921 to fit the patriotic poem " I Vow to Thee, My Country" by Cecil Spring Rice but that was as a unison song with orchestra. It did not appear as a hymn-tune called "Thaxted" until his friend Ralph Vaughan Williams included it in Songs of Praise in 1926. This setting was sung at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997.