Bracon Ash

Human settlement in England

Bracon Ash

District

South Norfolk

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNORWICHPostcode districtNR14PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°33′17″N 1°13′08″E / 52.554751°N 1.218796°E / 52.554751; 1.218796

Bracon Ash is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England.

History

Bracon Ash's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and refers to a place with abundant bracken and ash.^[1]

In the Domesday Book, Bracon Ash is recorded as being made of 15 households which belonged to Roger Bigod.^[2]

Politics

According to the 2001 United Kingdom national census, the Bracon Ash and Hethel Parish covered an area of 9.84 km² and had a population of 446 people, spread between 171 households.^[1]. The population at the 2011 census had increased to 460.^[3]

Places of interest

St Nicholas Church, with no tower, is Grade 1 listed,^[4] like most other churches in South Norfolk, in the Domesday Book of 1086, with a church and a rectory.^[5]

Centered around the Grade II listed war memorial^[6] most of the amenities have been converted into housing including a Bakery, Post-Office, School.

England's smallest official nature reserve Hethel Thorn is accessed from the west of the village.^[7]

The children's play-park attracts visitors from the neighboring villages due to its excellent facilities and quiet location.^[8]

Bracon Ash Common is a small area of woodland and ponds running adjacent to Mergate Lane.

A public sculpture of 'Bracon Ash Village Sign' is located opposite the village hall. Designed by Jonathan Stevens as a project whilst studying at Wymondham College in 1994.^[9]

The B1113 road runs through the village, which is about 6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) south of the city of Norwich.

War memorial

Private Albert E. Chilestone (d.1916), 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
Private Arthur Canham (1898–1916), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private E. Dye (1895–1916), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Arthur Devereux (1896–1915), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Rifleman Wilfred R. Stackyard (1899–1918), 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
E. Bunn
G. Hammond
J. Hammond
B. Howlett
F. Loveday
F. Mallett
H. Norman
R. Peel
W. Peel
E. Smith

References

^ University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 6, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Bracon%20Ash
^ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 6, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG1700/bracon-ash/
^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 8 September 2015.
^ "CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, Bracon Ash - 1050695 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ "Mulbarton Group | St Nicholas, Bracon Ash". mulbchurch.org.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^ "Church of England parish map". hub.arcgis.com. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ "Hethel Old Thorn". www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ "Bracon Ash Park, Bracon Ash, Norfolk". freeparks.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ "Bracon Ash Village Sign from the Recording Archive for Public Sculpture in Norfolk & Suffolk". www.racns.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2022.