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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shipmeadow like this:
SHIPMEADOW, a parish, with a village, in Wangford district, Suffolk; 2½ miles W by S of Beccles r. station. It has a post-office under Beccles. Acres, 820. Real property, £1,427. Pop. in 1851, 515; in 1861, 134. Houses, 30. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £228.* Patron, Mrs. Suckling. The church was repaired in 1856. The Wangford workhouse is here, has accommodation for about 400 inmates, and got a new chapel in
Shipmeadow is now part of EAST SUFFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST SUFFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Shipmeadow itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shipmeadow, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7673
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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