SHINGHAM, a parish in the hundred of CLACKCLOSE, county of NORFOLK, 4 miles (S. W. by W.) from Swaffham, containing 58 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, annexed to that of Beechamwell All Saints, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £4. 6. 8., endowed with £200 royal bounty.