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. Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 6, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG1700/bracon-ash/
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.
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