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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 Шаблон:Convert 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
Шаблон:Reflist http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Bracon%20Ash
External links
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Шаблон:Civil Parishes of South Norfolk
- ↑ University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 06, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Bracon%20Ash
- ↑ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 06, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG1700/bracon-ash/
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