Norfolk: Brettenham

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Brettenham is about 4 miles E. of Thetford.
See also Frettenham.

Cemeteries

Brettenham Monumental Inscriptions: [Parish Register Transcription Society, Medway Series, 2000?]

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Rockland, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Description and pictures.
Church of St Andrew: Picture of the church.

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Brettenham was in Thetford Registration District.

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Gazetteers and Directories

Brettenham is in Shropham hundred.

History

Clarke, Roy Rainbird: The Roman villages at Brettenham and Needham and the contemporary road system.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.26, 1938]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Thetford Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Brettenham became part of the Thetford Union, and the workhouse was at Thetford.

Population

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1801   9   9 56

1811   8   8 54

1821   9   9 50

1831   9 14 65

1841   8 -- 62

1851 11 -- 77

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 11 --   72

1871 14 18   81

1881 15 15   93

1891 15 15 103

1901 18 18   84

1911 -- 19   85

There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.

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