Brettenham, Suffolk
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Brettenham is a village and
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the Babergh district of
Suffolk Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...
, England. In 2005 it had a population of 270,Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk
Suffolk County Council
increasing to 353 at the 2011 Census, and reduced to 321 in the 2021 census. Almost the entire built-up area is defined as a
conservation area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewoo ...
, and the parish also contains some
ancient woodland In the United Kingdom, ancient woodland is that which has existed continuously since 1600 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (or 1750 in Scotland). The practice of planting woodland was uncommon before those dates, so a wood present in 1600 i ...
at Ram's Wood. The village is home to
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prep school, Old Buckenham Hall.


History

The ancient village is recorded about 1086 in Little Domesday as being within the
hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101. In mathematics 100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...
of Cosford. The parish became part of Babergh district when it was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of
Cosford Rural District Cosford Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of West Suffolk, England. It was created in 1894 out of the earlier Cosford rural sanitary district, except for Hadleigh parish which was made a separate urban district. ...
(1882–1974) with other units of government.


Governance

Brettenham is part of the
electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected t ...
called Brett Vale. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,181.


References


External links


Parish Council website
Suffolk Churches
Old Buckenham Hall School Website
Villages in Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk Babergh District Cosford Hundred {{Suffolk-geo-stub