Introduction

Biography

Brettell was the son of a Uni­ta­ri­an min­is­ter.

In 1814, he be­came pas­tor of a Uni­ta­ri­an con­gre­ga­tion at Cock­ey Moor (now Ains­worth), Bol­ton, Lan­ca­shire.

In 1816, he be­came pas­tor of a con­gre­ga­tion in Ro­ther­ham, York­shire, where he stayed un­til re­tir­ing in 1859.

In ad­di­tion to mi­nor piec­es in news­pa­pers, Bret­tell con­trib­uted 16 hymns to John Rel­ly Beard’s Col­lect­ion of Hymns for Pub­lic and Pri­vate Wor­ship (Lon­don: John Green, 1837).

Works

• The Coun­try Min­is­ter; A Po­em in Four Can­tos, with Oth­er Po­ems (Lon­don: 1821)
• Sketches in Verse from the His­tor­ic­al Books of the Old Tes­ta­ment (Lon­don: 1828)