SPROUGHTON, a parish in the hundred of SAMFORD, county of SUFFOLK, 3 miles (W. by N.) from Ipswich, containing 506 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £20. 18. 9., and in the patronage of the Marquis of Bristol. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The Stow-Market and Ipswich navigation passes through the parish.