Bracon Ash

Bracon Ash is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of the English county of Norfolk. It is south-east of Wymondham and south-west of Norwich.

History

Bracon Ash's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin. In the Domesday Book, Bracon Ash is recorded as a settlement of 15 households in the hundred of Humbleyard. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of Roger Bigod.

Geography

England's smallest official nature reserve, Hethel Thorn, is to the west of the village. Bracon Ash Common is a small area of woodland and ponds running adjacent to Mergate Lane.
According to the 2021 census, Bracon Ash Parish has a population of 477 people, which has increased slightly from the 460 people listed in the 2011 census. Amenities within the village include a children's play-park. The village sign

Church

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and dates from the 14th-century, with significant rebuilding and restoration in the 19th-centyrt. Within the churchyard is an 18th-century mausoleum, dedicated to the Berney family. St. Nicholas' has been Grade I listed since 1959.

Governance

Bracon Ash is part of the electoral ward of Mulbarton & Stoke Holy Cross for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk. It is part of the South Norfolk parliamentary constituency.