Shimpling (St. George)

SHIMPLING (St. George), a parish, in the union of Sudbury, hundred of Babergh, W. division of Suffolk, 7 miles (S.) from Bury St. Edmunds; containing 517 inhabitants. The parish comprises 2698a. 2r. 6p., and includes several estates with manorial rights. Chadacre Hall, the principal of these, was the seat of the family of Plampin, of which the late Admiral Plampin was the last descendant; it is now owned by Mr. Hallifax, banker in London. Shimpling Thorn is a good mansion-house, late the property of the ancient family of Fiske. Shimpling Hall, with 400 acres of land, and Gifford's Hall, both belong to Melford Hospital. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £16. 17. 1., and in the gift of the Rev. M. C. Bolton: the tithes have been commuted for £600, and the glebe comprises 83 acres. The church is a commodious edifice, containing some monuments to the Plampins.