BRETTENHAM, a parish in the hundred of SHROPHAM,
county of NORFOLK, 4 miles (E. by S.) from
Thetford, containing 50 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk,
and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at
£5. 12. 6., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Ely.
The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was, with the parsonage-
house, burnt down in 1693, but the nave of
the former was rebuilt soon after.