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. 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
Suffolk hundreds
Suffolk hundreds

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

Parish Area (acres)
Alderton2600
Bawdsey2640
Boulge545
Boyton1890
Bredfield1067
Bromeswell1442
Capel St Andrew2000
Dallinghoo1495
Debach500
Hollesley2600
Melton1408
Pettistree1768
Ramsholt1990
Shottisham1033
Sutton5789
Ufford1555
Wickham Market1178

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

52.05°N 1.39°E / 52.05; 1.39

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