KENNETT, a parish in the hundred of STAPLOE,
county of CAMBRIDGE, 5 miles (N. E;) from Newmarket,
containing 164 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich,
rated in the king's books at £11. 10.10. 0. Godfrey,
Esq. was patron in 1813. The church is dedicated to
St. Nicholas. In June 1647, this place was the headquarters
of the parliamentarian army.