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Bracon Ash

Bracon Ash

Human settlement in England

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

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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.. 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

  1. [1]
    University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 6, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Bracon%20Ash
  2. [2]
    Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 6, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG1700/bracon-ash/
  3. [3]
    "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  4. [4]
    "CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, Bracon Ash - 1050695 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Mulbarton Group | St Nicholas, Bracon Ash". mulbchurch.org.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Church of England parish map". hub.arcgis.com. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Hethel Old Thorn". www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  8. [8]
    "Bracon Ash Park, Bracon Ash, Norfolk". freeparks.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  9. [9]
    "Bracon Ash Village Sign from the Recording Archive for Public Sculpture in Norfolk & Suffolk". www.racns.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

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