Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ford

Ford, par. and vil., N. Northumberland, on river Till, 6½ miles NW. of Wooler, 11,727 ac., pop. 1584; P.O.; in W. vicinity of vil. is Ford Castle (built 1287, restored 1863); the par. contains the vil. of Ford Forge.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ford AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Ford

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