Wilford Hundred

Wilford is a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of 31,500 acres (127 km²).^[1]

Wilford Hundred extends about 12 miles (19 km) southward from Debach to Woodbridge and from there along the eastern banks of the River Deben to Bawdsey and Hollesley Bay in the North Sea. It covers about 8 miles (13 km) of the sea coast between the mouths of the Deben and Orford Haven and further north is wedged between Carlford and Loes Hundreds.

In the vale of the Deben between Wickham Market to Woodbridge and the sea it has some rich arable land but its central area around Sutton are sandy with open heaths. It is in the Deanery of Wilford in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk. Its only town of any size is Wickham Market.

Listed as Wileford in the Domesday Book, the exact meaning is not known but "Wili's ford" or "willow ford" are both possible.^[2]

Parishes

Suffolk hundreds

Wilford Hundred consists of the following 17 parishes:^[1]^[3]

Parish	Area (acres)
Alderton	2600
Bawdsey	2640
Boulge	545
Boyton	1890
Bredfield	1067
Bromeswell	1442
Capel St Andrew	2000
Dallinghoo	1495
Debach	500
Hollesley	2600
Melton	1408
Pettistree	1768
Ramsholt	1990
Shottisham	1033
Sutton	5789
Ufford	1555
Wickham Market	1178

References

1 2 William White (1844). History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk. p. 139.
↑ Walter Skeat (1913). The Place-names of Suffolk.
↑ 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°03′N 1°23′E / 52.05°N 1.39°E / 52.05; 1.39

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