Samford Hundred

Samford was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of 44940 acre. 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
Samford Hundred consisted of the following 28 parishes:. Samford Deanery, the modern ecclesiastic administrative area, takes its name fom Samford Hundred and previously covered the whole of the old Samford Hundred. Seven of the westernmost parishes have been more recently allocated to Hadleigh Deanery.