Samford was a

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, consisting of . It was situated to the south and south west of

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. The hundred was bounded by the

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to the east,

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to the south, the

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(and Shelley parish) to the west, and the parish boundaries of Burstall,

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, and

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to the north.

Parishes

Samford Deanery, the modern ecclesiastic administrative area, takes its name from 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. Samford Hundred consisted of the following 28 parishes:1841 Census

References

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