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SHIMPLING, or Shimplingthorne, a parish, with a village, in Sudbury district, Suffolk; 4 miles NW by W of Lavenham r. station. It has a post-office under Bury-St. Edmunds. Acres, 2,698. Real property, £3,640. Pop., 500. Houses, 111. The manor, with Chadacre Hall, belongs to Miss Hallifax. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £600. Patron, the Rev. A.H. Bolton. The church is plain.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Shimpling Parish Sudbury Poor Law Union/Registration District Suffolk Ancient County |
| Place names: | SHIMPLING | SHIMPLING OR SHIMPLINGTHORNE | SHIMPLINGTHORNE |
| Place: | Shimpling |
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