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

Wilford Hundred

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. It was one of seven Saxon hundreds grouped together as the Wicklaw Hundreds.[2]

Listed as Wileford in the Domesday Book, the exact meaning is not known but "Wili's ford" or "willow ford" are both possible.[3]

Parishes

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Suffolk hundreds

Wilford Hundred consists of the following 17 parishes:[1][4]

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

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  1. ^ a b William White (1844). History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk. p. 139.
  2. ^ Williamson, Tom (2018). "New Light on Rendlesham". The Historian (139). The Historical Association.
  3. ^ Walter Skeat (1913). The Place-names of Suffolk.
  4. ^ 1841 Census

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