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Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories
The photo 'Ford, Ford Castle c1950' appears in this book.
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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 castle dates mainly from the 1860s, though the north and south-west towers are original.
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