| Samford Rural District existed in the historic county of Suffolk and the administrative county of West Suffolk from 1894 until 1974. It stretched from Ipswich on the north to the River Stour, the county boundary with Essex. It did not face the North Sea. The only changes to the makeup of the rural district over its existence were two alterations of its boundaries with Ipswich, reducing the size of the parishes of Belstead and Sproughton.
In 1974 it became part of the District of Babergh along with other rural districts of south Suffolk. East Suffolk was abolished in 1974.
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Parishes
The following parishes made up the Samford Rural District:
Research Tips
- A map of Suffolk from 1900 provided online by A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portsmouth Department of Geography) can be enlarged to view individual parishes. Careful inspection will usually lead to the discovery of smaller hamlets founded before 1900. The rural districts (marked with their names printed in blue) are those in existence in 1900, not those introduced in 1934. The more ancient hundreds are marked in red. Most (but not all) parish names are underlined in red.
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