Brettenham, Suffolk

Brettenham is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. In 2005 it had a population of 270,[2] increasing to 353 at the 2011 Census.

Brettenham village hall

Brettenham
St Mary's Church, Brettenham
Brettenham Location within Suffolk
Area	7.35 km² (2.84 sq mi)
Population	353 (2011)[1]
• Density	48/km² (120/sq mi)
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ipswich
Postcode district	IP7
Dialling code	01449

Almost the entire built-up area is defined as a conservation area, and the parish also contains some ancient woodland at Ram's Wood. The village is home to independent prep school, Old Buckenham Hall.

History

The ancient village is recorded about 1086 in Little Domesday as being within the hundred of Cosford.[3]

The parish became part of Babergh district when it was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Cosford Rural District (1882-1974)[4] with other units of government.

Governance

Brettenham is part of the electoral ward called Brett Vale. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,181.[5]

References

"Parish population 2011". Retrieved 11 September 2015.
Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Archived December 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Suffolk County Council
Open Domesday Online: Brettenham (Suffolk)
The National Archives: COSFORD RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL RECORDS
"Brett Vale ward 2011". Retrieved 11 September 2015.

External links

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Babergh
Towns	Sudbury Hadleigh
Civil parishes (current)	Acton Aldham Alpheton Arwarton Assington Belstead Bentley Bildeston Boxford Boxted Brantham Brent Eleigh Brettenham Bures St Mary Burstall Capel St Mary Chattisham Chelmondiston Chelsworth Chilton Cockfield Copdock and Washbrook East Bergholt Edwardstone Elmsett Freston Glemsford Great Cornard Great Waldingfield Groton Hadleigh (town) Harkstead Hartest Higham Hintlesham Hitcham Holbrook Holton St. Mary Kersey Kettlebaston Lavenham Lawshall Layham Leavenheath Lindsey Little Cornard Little Waldingfield Long Melford Milden Monks Eleigh Nayland-with-Wissington Nedging-with-Naughton Newton Pinewood Polstead Preston St Mary Raydon Semer Shelley Shimpling Shotley Somerton Sproughton Stanstead Stoke-by-Nayland Stratford St. Mary Stutton Sudbury (town) Tattingstone Thorpe Morieux Wattisham Wenham Magna Wenham Parva Whatfield Wherstead Woolverstone
Civil parishes (former)	Ballingdon Copdock Hadleigh Hamlet Naughton Nayland Nedging Sudbury All Saints Sudbury St Bartholomew Sudbury St Gregory Sudbury St Peter Washbrook Wissington
Other settlements	Acton Place Ash Street Audley End Bell's Corner Bird Street Bower House Tye Bridge Street Broad Street Brook Street Brundon Bures Bures Green Burstallhill Bury Road Button's Green Calais Street Castling's Heath Cattawade Chelsworth Common Church End Cock Street Colchester Green Coles Green Cook's Green Cornard Tye Cross Green (Cockfield) Cross Green (Hartest) Cross Green (Hitcham) Cuckoo Tye Dorking Tye Drakestone Green East End Erwarton Fenstead End Fern Hill Flatford Gipsy Row Gosling Green Great Green Great Wenham Hadleigh Heath Hagmore Green Hanningfield Green Harrow Green Hartest Hill Hart's Green Hibb's Green Honey Tye Horner's Green Humble Green Kersey Tye Kersey Upland Lambs Lane Lattinford Hill Lawshall Green Lindsey Tye Little Wenham Lower Holbrook Lower Layham Lower Raydon Lower Street Mace Green Mile End Mill Green Mill Hill Mill Street Nedging Tye Newman's Green Oldhall Green Parliament Heath Pin Mill Polstead Heath Potash Priory Green Rodbridge Corner Rooksey Green Rose Green (Assington) Rose Green (Lindsey) Round Maple Sackers Green Scotland Street Sherbourne Street Shimpling Street Slough Hill Smithwood Green Shop Corner Shotley Gate Stackyard Green Stone Street Swingleton Green Tattingstone White Horse The Heath The Street The Woodlands (Holbrook) The Woodlands (Raydon) Thorington Street Thorpe Green Upper Layham Upper Somerton Upper Street Upsher Green Washbrook Street Washmere Green Wattisham Stone Whelp Street Whitestreet Green Wicker Street Green William's Green Windsor Green Withermarsh Green Workhouse Green
Buildings	Abbas Hall All Saints' Church, Lawshall Coldham Cottage Flatford Mill Kentwell Hall Kersey Priory Lawshall Hall Melford Hall Milden Castle St James's Chapel Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel Willy Lott's Cottage Woolverstone Hall

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