BRETTON (MONK), a chapelry in the parish of
ROYSTON, wapentake of STAINCROSS, West riding of
the county of YORK, 2 miles (N. E.) from Barnesley,
containing 916 inhabitants. A Cluniac monastery, dedicated
to St. Mary Magdalene, was founded at  the
commencement of the reign of Henry II., the revenue
of which, in the 26th of Henry VIII., amounted to
£323. 8. 2. An almshouse, comprising six tenements,
was founded, as it is thought, by Dame Mary Talbot, in
1654; the inmates are appointed by the agent of Sir
George Wombwell, Bart., who allows 50s. annually to
each, and'repairs the buildings.