UFFORD, a parish in the hundred of WILFORD,
county of SUFFOLK, 2 miles (N. E.) from Woodbridge,
containing 629 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese
of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £8. 5., and
in the patronage of the Rev. Charles Brooke. The
church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains a curious font,
which has been repaired at the expense of the Society
of Antiquaries. Here was anciently a chapel, of which
there are now no remains. The river Deben runs
through the parish; An hospital for four poor men
was founded by Thomas Wood, D.D., Bishop of Lichjfield
and Coventry, who endowed it with £30 per
annum.