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Ford, Northumberland
Ford maps
Historic maps of Ford and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Ford maps
Historic map of Ford
Illustrated Victorian map of Northumberland
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Ford books
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Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Northumberland Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
3 Ford photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
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Northumberland memories
The Clazeys - John and Isabella Oswald
John Clazey or Clazie was a miller. His wife was Isabella Oswald. Two of their sons were born in Etal: James Oswald Clazey and John Oswald Clazey (1819 and 1823). An older brother George, was born in Berwick-Upon-Tweed in 1815 or 1816.
GEorge left for the US in 1841...his son, James Oswald Clazey returned to become a... [more]
Shared on 01 July 2006
Summer holidays riding bicycles, and horses, playing football on the Village Green or by Blindburn Hall, fishing under the bridge or wading through the water onto the stone island. Helping the village farmer walk the cows down for milking in the evenings and then walking them up to pasture in the morning, collecting eggs from the hen houses and stacking the... [more]
Shared on 02 June 2008
While I was on a family holiday in Northumberland, I went to Berwick one Saturday in March 2004 and enjoyed a rare sunny and mild day doing two things I enjoy: a walk on the pier to sniff the sea air and secondly a football match!
I went to watch Berwick Rangers play Hamilton which was the first Scottish... [more]
Shared on 06 September 2008
Visiting the Grace Darling Musuem, then her grave in the churchyard opposite, was an annual event while on holiday on the Northumberland coast. Peering through the bars around the tomb I was often reminded of how my grandmother had pulled herself up, slipped and put a metal spike through the base of her chin. As I could never spot a scar... [more]
Shared on 04 August 2009
Extracts From Ford & Northumberland books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Ford, inspired by Frith photos.
Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories
Just six miles from the Borde, the village of Ford sits on gently rising ground on the right bank of the Till. The par- ish, which included Etal, Kimmerston, Hetherslaw and Crookham, suffered much during the wars with Scotland. In the 1340s the damage was so great that the parish sought exemption from taxation because crops and goods had been destroyed and livestock taken.... [more]
This is an extract from Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories.
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Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories
Along with Etal, Ford Castle once formed a second line of defence against the Scots; the front line consisted of the fortresses at Wark, Berwick and Norham. Ford was built as a manor house by William Heron in 1338, but it was quickly raised in status to a castle. By 1367 Ford had been integrated into English defence planning for the North. The present... [more]
This is an extract from Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
