SHIMPLING, a parish in the hundred of BABERGH,
county of SUFFOLK, 4 miles (W. N. W.) from Lavenham,
containing 450 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich,
rated in the king's books at £16. 17. 1. The Rev.
Thomas Fiske was patron in 1800. The church is
dedicated to St. George.