Shimpling is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

south of

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...

, now in the parish of

Burston and Shimpling Burston and Shimpling is a civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England. The parish covers an area of and had a population of 538 in 206 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 568 in 234 households at the 2011 Census. It in ...

, in the

South Norfolk South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton. The population of the Local Authority District was 124,012 as taken at the 2011 Census. History The district was formed on 1 April 197 ...

district, in the county of

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 134.

Amenities

Shimpling has a church called

St George Saint George (Greek language, Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin language, Latin: Georgius, Arabic language, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christians, Christian who is venerated as a sa ...

. It is one of 124 round tower churches in Norfolk and now redundant. It is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Location

Historically, Shimpling was bounded on the east by

Dickleburgh Dickleburgh is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Dickleburgh and Rushall, in the South Norfolk district of the English county of Norfolk. The village is located 3.5 miles east of Diss and 17 miles south-west of Norwich. In 2 ...

, on the west by Burston, on the south by

Thelton Thelveton (historically Thelton, earlier Telvetun) is a village in the English county of Norfolk. History The village of Thelveton was recorded in the Domesday book as ''Telvetun''. In 1603, there were 40 communicants, and in 1737 there were ...

, and on the north by

Gissing Gissing is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Gissing (1896–1975), English writer and headmaster * Algernon Gissing (1860–1937), English writer * George Gissing (1857–1903), English novelist * Harry Gissing (1890� ...

. These divisions largely remain.

History

The name "Shimpling" is

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

and means 'Scimpel's people'. Shimpling was recorded in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

as ''Simplinga(ham)''. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Burston.

References

External links

*
St George's on the European Round Tower Churches website
Villages in Norfolk Former civil parishes in Norfolk South Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub