Samford was 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 44940 acres (181.9 km²). It was situated to the south and south west 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...

.

The hundred was bounded by the River Orwell

River Orwell

The River Orwell flows through the county of Suffolk in England. Its source river, above the tidal limit at Stoke Bridge, is known as the River Gipping. It broadens into an estuary at Ipswich where the Ipswich dock has operated since the 7th century and then flows into the North Sea at Felixstowe...

 to the east, Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

 to the south, the River Brett (and Shelley parish) to the west, and the parish boundaries of Burstall, Hintlesham

Hintlesham

Hintlesham is a small village in Suffolk, England, situated roughly halfway between Ipswich and Hadleigh.The village is notable for Hintlesham Hall, a 16th Century Grade I listed country house that was restored and turned into a hotel by the famous chef, restaurateur and food writer Robert Carrier...

 and Sproughton

Sproughton

Sproughton is a village in Suffolk, England, just to the west of Ipswich and is in the Babergh administrative district.It has a church, a primary school, a pub and various groups.The River Gipping runs through the village....

 to the north.

Parishes

Samford Hundred consisted of the following 28 parishes:

Parish	Area (acres)
Belstead Belstead Belstead is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located around south-west of Ipswich town centre, in 2005 it had a population of 190.-Hoard:...	1012
Bentley Bentley, Suffolk Bentley is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located a few miles south-west of Ipswich, in 2005 it had a population of 750.Bentley has a primary school, a church and a pub, 'The Case is Altered', but it has no shop....	2801
Brantham Brantham Brantham is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, United Kingdom. Located in Babergh district, it is situated north of Manningtree and south west of Ipswich....	1922
Burstall	766
Capel St Mary	1910
Chattisham Chattisham Chattisham is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around two miles west of Ipswich and half a mile south of the A1071, it is part of Babergh district. In 2006 its population was 140.-External links:*...	714
Chelmondiston Chelmondiston Chelmondiston is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, on the south bank of the River Orwell, located five miles south-east of Ipswich. It was formerly known as Chelmington and was located in the old Hundred of Babergh.-Churches:...	1293
Copdock Copdock Copdock is a small settlement in Suffolk, England. It is southwest of Ipswich.It is located on the former A12 road which was blocked off at White's Corner after the construction of the Copdock Interchange and the A14 road Ipswich bypass....	932
East Bergholt East Bergholt East Bergholt is a village in the south of Suffolk, England, just north of the Essex border. It is "twinned" with the village of Barbizon, France....	3064
Erwarton Erwarton Arwarton or Erwarton is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located on the Shotley peninsula around south of Ipswich, in 2005 it had a population of 110....	1318
Freston Freston, Suffolk Freston is a village and a civil parish in the Babergh District, in the English county of Suffolk.-History:Freston is notable as the location of the last outbreak of bubonic plague in England. The centre of the outbreak was Latimer Cottages, where it is thought plague-bearing rats may have come...	1414
Great Wenham	1108
Harkstead Harkstead Harkstead is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. The village is located on the northern bank of the River Stour estuary at Holbrook Bay, and is situated on the Shotley peninsula, around south of Ipswich. It is part of Babergh district....	1727
Higham Higham, Babergh Higham is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located on the eastern bank of the River Brett , around 400 metres north of the point at which it joins the River Stour, it is part of Babergh district...	863
Hintlesham Hintlesham Hintlesham is a small village in Suffolk, England, situated roughly halfway between Ipswich and Hadleigh.The village is notable for Hintlesham Hall, a 16th Century Grade I listed country house that was restored and turned into a hotel by the famous chef, restaurateur and food writer Robert Carrier...	2828
Holbrook Holbrook, Suffolk Holbrook is a village situated close to the northern shore of the Stour estuary in Suffolk, England. It is located on the Shotley peninsula in Babergh district, around 8⅓ km south of Ipswich....	2203
Holton St Mary	810
Little Wenham Little Wenham Little Wenham is a small village in Suffolk, England. It is part of the civil parish of Wenham Parva within Babergh district....	970
Raydon Raydon Raydon is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around two miles south-east of Hadleigh, it is part of Babergh district. The parish also includes the hamlets of Lower Raydon and The Woodlands...	2335
Shelley Shelley, Suffolk Shelley is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located on the west bank of the River Brett around three miles south of Hadleigh, it is part of Babergh district.Most of the parish is within the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...	928
Shotley Shotley, Suffolk Shotley is the parish giving its name to the peninsula between the River Orwell and the River Stour in Suffolk. The village of the same name is located about a mile northwest from the tip of the peninsula where the larger Shotley Gate village is...	2051
Sproughton Sproughton Sproughton is a village in Suffolk, England, just to the west of Ipswich and is in the Babergh administrative district.It has a church, a primary school, a pub and various groups.The River Gipping runs through the village....	2380
Stratford St Mary Stratford St Mary Stratford St. Mary is a village in Suffolk, England in the heart of 'Constable Country'. John Constable painted a number of paintings in and around Stratford....	1432
Stutton Stutton, Suffolk Stutton is a small village and a civil parish which is located west of Ipswich in Suffolk, United Kingdom. Situated on the Shotley Peninsula, the village has two pubs, a primary school, a village hall and a hair salon, an 18th century period self-catering holiday cottage, bed and breakfast, and a...	2138
Tattingstone Tattingstone Tattingstone is a village in Babergh district in Suffolk, about south of Ipswich with a population over 500. It is the location of Tattingstone Place and also of the folly known as the Tattingstone Wonder...	1637
Washbrook	1414
Wherstead Wherstead Wherstead is a village and a civil parish located in county Suffolk, England. Wherstead village lies south of Ipswich. It is an ancient settlement, and from its soil the plough has brought to light many evidences of occupation by Romans and by early Britons. In the Domesday Book the place is...	2019
Woolverstone Woolverstone Woolverstone is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 it had a population of 240.The village is situated close to the southern shore of the Orwell estuary in Suffolk, England...	951

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...