Carlford Hundred

Carlford is a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of 25,461 acres (103.04 km2).

[1] Carford Hundred is of an irregular figure about ten miles (16 km) in length and from four to six miles (9.7 km) wide.

It falls in the Deanery of Carlford, and in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk.

The southern part of the hundred running from the bounds of Ipswich to Woodbridge and the River Deben has generally a light sandy soil, whereas in its northern parts a rich loam prevails.

[4] Greenwich, Ipswich was listed as "Grenewic", which means a “green farmstead”, was listed as being in Carlford Hundred in Domesday Book, but was subsequently integrated into Ipswich as part of St Clement's Parish.