FAKENHAM (MAGNA), a parish in the hundred of BLACKBOURN, county of SUFFOLK, 5 miles (S. S. B.) from Thetford, containing 214 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £11. 10. 5., and in the patronage of the Duke of Grafton. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.