SHIPMEADOW, a parish in the hundred of WANGFORD, county of SUFFOLK, 3 miles (W. by S.) from Beccles, containing 133 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £ 10. Robert Suckling, Esq. was patron in 1803. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. The navigable river Waveney bounds the parish on the north.