Carlford is a hundred of Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

, consisting of 25461 acres (103 km²).

Carford Hundred is of an irregular figure about ten miles (16 km) in length and from four to six miles (10 km) wide. It is bounded on the south by Colneis Hundred

Colneis (hundred)

Colneis is a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of .Running from the south-east outskirts of Ipswich to the North Sea coast, the hundred is made up of the land between the estuaries of the rivers Orwell and Deben. It is one of the smallest in Suffolk, being only about four miles wide and ten miles ...

, on the east by Wilford Hundred

Wilford (hundred)

Wilford is a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of .Wilford Hundred extends about 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...

 and the River Deben

River Deben

The River Deben is a river in Suffolk rising in Debenham -to be precise it has two main sources but the others are mostly fields runoff then , passes through Woodbridge, turning into a tidal estuary before entering the North Sea at Felixstowe Ferry...

, on the north by Loes Hundred

Loes (hundred)

Loes was a hundred of Suffolk, with an area of .Loes Hundred was long and thin in shape, around long and between 2 and wide. It followed the course of the River Deben from Cretingham to Ufford where it crossed Wilford Hundred to Woodbridge where it widened considerably...

  and on the west by Bosmere and Claydon Hundred

Bosmere-and-Claydon (hundred)

Bosmere and Claydon was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of .The hundred is a fertile and picturesque district varying from 8 to about in length and breadth. It is bounded on the south by the Borough of Ipswich and Samford Hundred, on the west by Cosford and Stow Hundreds on the north by...

 and the borough of Ipswich

Ipswich

Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...

. It falls in the Deanery of Carlford, and in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

.

The southern part of the hundred running from the bounds of Ipswich to Woodbridge

Woodbridge, Suffolk

Woodbridge is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. It is in the East of England, not far from the coast. It lies along the River Deben, with a population of about 7,480. The town is served by Woodbridge railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. Woodbridge is twinned with...

 and the River Deben has generally a light sandy soil, whereas in its northern parts a rich loam prevails.

Listed as Carleford in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

, the name means "carla ford" or "ford of the churl (peasant)".

Parishes

Carlford Hundred consists of the following 18 parishes:

Parish	Area (acres)
Brightwell Brightwell, Suffolk Brightwell is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. It has a place of worship. For transport there is the A12 road nearby. It is near the large town of Ipswich. Adjacent parishes include Foxhall, Bucklesham, Martlesham and Newbourne.John...	510
Burgh Burgh, Suffolk Burgh is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England, about north-west of Woodbridge.St. Boltoph's church stands near the site of a Roman villa that stretches towards Clopton churchyard...	1200
Clopton Clopton, Suffolk Clopton is a village in Suffolk. It is located between Ipswich and Debenham two kilometres north of Grundisburgh on the River Lark. A road with houses on each side is the extent of the village, surrounded by farm land....	2034
Culpho Culpho Culpho is a hamlet of about 40 people standing just outside Grundisburgh, Suffolk, about four miles west of Woodbridge. Its nearest villages are Great Bealings and Playford...	704
Foxhall Foxhall, Suffolk Foxhall is a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England, a few miles east of Ipswich. It is adjacent to the parishes of Kesgrave to the north, Martlesham to the north east, Brightwell to the east, Purdis Heath to the south and the borough of Ipswich to the west. The three...	1060
Great Bealings Great Bealings Great Bealings is a small village in Suffolk, England. It has about 310 people living in it, in around 120 households. Its nearest towns are Ipswich and Woodbridge . Nearby villages include Little Bealings, Playford, Culpho, Hasketon and Grundisburgh...	1100
Grundisburgh Grundisburgh Grundisburgh is a village of more than 1,530 residents situated in the English county of Suffolk. It is in the Suffolk Coastal district, six miles north-east from Ipswich and four miles north-west of Woodbridge located on the B1079. Flowing through the village are the rivers Lark and Gull...	1897
Hasketon Hasketon Hasketon is a small village in Suffolk, England.Its church, St. Andrews, is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk. St. Andrews stands more or less at the centre of its scattered parish, and is set in a tree-shaded churchyard which, in 1845, had been planted with beech, fir and...	1600
Kesgrave Kesgrave Kesgrave is a small town in the English county of Suffolk on the northern edge of Ipswich.-Early history:The town was recorded as Gressgrava in the Domesday Book, by the late 15th century its name had become Kesgrave...	1610
Little Bealings Little Bealings Little Bealings is a village in Suffolk, England. It has a population of approximately 470 people living in around 185 households. Its nearest towns are Ipswich and Woodbridge...	755
Martlesham Martlesham Martlesham is a village in Suffolk, England about two miles South-West of Woodbridge and East of Ipswich. It is often referred to as "old Martlesham" by locals in order to distinguish this old village from the much more recent Martlesham Heath development to the south although both form a...	2558
Newbourn	840
Otley Otley, Suffolk Otley is a village located in the county of Suffolk, England, about eight miles north of Ipswich. The village is home to Otley Hall, a 16th century, Grade I listed house which was historically the seat of the family of Bartholomew Gosnold, and Otley College, offering vocationally focused courses...	2157
Playford Playford, Suffolk Playford is a small village in Suffolk, England, on the outskirts of Ipswich. It has about 220 residents in 90 households. The River Fynn runs through the village, and many footpaths from Playford lead into the Fynn Valley. Villages nearby include Rushmere, Little Bealings, Great Bealings, Culpho...	650
Rushmere Rushmere, Suffolk Rushmere is a small village adjacent to the town of Ipswich, Suffolk. The village lies within the parish of Rushmere St. Andrew. The parish has a population of over 6,000. In Rushmere, there is a pub, The Garland, a CofE church, a Baptist church, two rugby clubs and a village hall. There are lots...	2720
Tuddenham St Martin	1232
Waldringfield Waldringfield Waldringfield is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is situated on the bank of the River Deben within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, four miles south of the town of Woodbridge and eight miles east of...	834
Witnesham Witnesham Witnesham is a village situated roughly to the north of Ipswich, Suffolk. The main road from Ipswich that links the village to the town is the B1077, Westerfield Road....	2000

See also

• Hundreds of Suffolk
  Hundreds of Suffolk
  The county of Suffolk was divided into hundreds between Saxon times and the 19th century, when they were replaced for administrative purposes by districts.In 1831 the county was subdivided into twenty-one hundreds and three municipal boroughs...