WELNETHAM (LITTLE), a parish in the hundred of THEDWESTRY, county of SUFFOLK, 3 miles (S. E.) from Bury-St. Edmunds, containing 176 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £4. 13. 4., and in the patronage of Sir Charles Davers, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.