SHROPHAM, a parish in the hundred of SHROPHAM,
county of NORFOLK, 4 miles (N. by W.) from
East Harling, containing 457 inhabitants. The living is
a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk,
and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at
£8. 13. 9, and in the patronage of the Mayor and Cor-
poration of Norwich. The church is dedicated to St.
Peter. Shropham, which gave name to the hundred,
was anciently a town of some importance, though it
is now only a small village.