Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SHIMPLING

SHIMPLING, a parish, with a scattered village, in Depwade district, Norfolk; ½ a mile E of Burston r. station, and 3½ NE of Diss. Post town, Scole. Acres, 780. Real property, £1,584. Pop., 219. Houses, 48. S. Place belongs to the Duke of Grafton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £230.* Patron, the Rev. J. W. Millard. The church was repaired in 1859. Charities, £13.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a scattered village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Shimpling AP/CP       Depwade RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Shimpling

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