Bracon Ash is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the

South Norfolk South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton. The population of the Local Authority District was 124,012 as taken at the 2011 Census. History The district was formed on 1 April 19 ...

district of

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

, England.

History

Bracon Ash's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and refers to a place with abundant bracken and ash. In the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...

, Bracon Ash is recorded as being made of 15 households which belonged to Roger Bigod.

Politics

According to the 2001 United Kingdom national census, the Bracon Ash and

Hethel Hethel is a small village in Norfolk, England, approximately southeast of the market town of Wymondham, and approximately south of the city of Norwich. According to the 2001 census, the Bracon Ash and Hethel parish covered an area of and ha ...

Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...

covered an area of 9.84 km² and had a population of 446 people, spread between 171 households.
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Places of Interest

St Nicholas Church, with no tower, is Grade 1 listed, like most other churches in South Norfolk, in the Domesday Book of 1086, with a church and a rectory. Centered around the Grade II listed war memorial 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. The children's play-park attracts visitors from the neighboring villages due to its excellent facilities and quiet location. 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. The B1113 road runs through the village, which is about south of the city of

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...

War Memorial

* Private Albert E. Chilestone (d.1916), 13th Battalion,

Durham Light Infantry The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1968. It was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and t ...

* Private Arthur Canham (1898-1916), 8th Battalion,

Royal Norfolk Regiment The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959. Its predecessor regiment was raised in 1685 as Henry Cornwall's Regiment of Foot. In 1751, it was numbered like most other British Army regiments and named ...

* 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

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Bracon%20Ash

External links

South Norfolk Villages in Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub