Samford Hundred

Samford was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of 44,940 acres (181.9 km²). It was situated to the south and south west of Ipswich.

The hundred was bounded by the River Orwell to the east, Essex to the south, the River Brett (and Shelley parish) to the west, and the parish boundaries of Burstall, Hintlesham and Sproughton to the north.

Parishes

Suffolk hundreds

Samford Hundred consisted of the following 28 parishes:^[1]

Parish	Area (acres)
Belstead	1012
Bentley	2801
Brantham	1922
Burstall	766
Capel St Mary	1910
Chattisham	714
Chelmondiston	1293
Copdock	932
East Bergholt	3064
Erwarton	1318
Freston	1414
Great Wenham	1108
Harkstead	1727
Higham	863
Hintlesham	2828
Holbrook	2203
Holton St Mary	810
Little Wenham	970
Raydon	2335
Shelley	928
Shotley	2051
Sproughton	2380
Stratford St Mary	1432
Stutton	2138
Tattingstone	1637
Washbrook	1414
Wherstead	2019
Woolverstone	951

References

↑ 1841 Census

Ancient Hundreds of Suffolk

Hundreds	Babergh Blackbourn Blything Bosmere-and-Claydon Carlford Colneis Cosford Hartismere Hoxne Lackford Loes Mutford and Lothingland Plomesgate Risbridge Samford Stow Thedwestry Thingoe Thredling Wangford Wilford

Boroughs outside a hundred	Bury St Edmunds Ipswich Sudbury

Coordinates: 52°00′N 1°07′E / 52.0°N 1.11°E / 52.0; 1.11

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