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The medieval bridge is on the site of an ancient ford, once the only crossing between Rochester and Maidstone.

East of Sandy, the small village of Sutton is distinguished by its narrow medieval pack-horse bridge which took pedlars and carriers' pack ponies dry-shod past the ford, which is still in use today.

There is also a selection of early 1960s motor cars to be seen; the large American Ford Estate car contrasts with its General Motors Vauxhall Victor neighbour.

With the decline of agriculture, farmland and buildings were used for different purposes, and Fords Farm became the Tudor Tea Rooms, a welcome stopping-off point for passing travellers.

In the 19th century it became Martha Bennett's school, before being bought by Charles Ford to be used as a house.

The earlier pub on the site, made famous by the music hall star Florrie Ford, was demolished in the early 1920s, and rebuilt to a vaguely similar design.

The house has been divided into two, and the smaller part (where the Ford Anglia is) is now a museum dedicated to Octavia's life and work.

This photograph has been taken from the left bank of the River Itchen, and the photographer appears to have been standing on a spot where there was once a ford - children played there even after the bridge

There is also a selection of early 1960s motor cars to be seen; the large American Ford Estate car contrasts with its General Motors Vauxhall Victor neighbour.

Originally sited on a ford over Firgreen Beck, Clifford was at one time the manor that included all of nearby Boston Spa.

I remember it being a Sunday afternoon treat in the 1950s to be taken here for tea by my grandfather, riding out from Gainsborough in his Ford V-8 Pilot.

The postman (centre) has probably purchased some parts from Fisher's, who sell all the top brands of bicycles - not that the GPO buy top-of-the-range transport for their rural postmen!

Outside the row of terraced cottages at Breachwood Green near Hitchin stands a pristine Ford 100E model.

Thomas Telford (1757-1834) was the son of a Scottish shepherd; he became famous for his masonry and bridge over the River Severn, and indeed for 1200 bridges, canals, harbours, aqueducts and other

Apart from the ubiquitous Minis, Morris Minors and Ford 105E Anglias, we can see not one but two examples of the rare Austin Metropolitan, two Jaguar Mk IIs, a Vauxhall VX 4/90 and a Vauxhall PA Cresta

These artisan terraces still line the Ford Road, their view terminated by the Roman Catholic cathedral of St Philip Neri, giving the town on its ridge a distinctly French character in distant views

Beyond is the Tudor-style Drill Hall of 1881, designed by Arthur Grimwood for D Company 2nd Volunteer Battalion Suffolk Regiment.

This 1890 bronze statue of General Gordon of Khartoum on camel-back was the work of E Onslow Ford, and commemorates his illustrious career.

A few years before the time of this photograph its yard had been filled with derelict cars, and it was a popular scavenging ground for spare parts.

The 1905 primary school is on the left beside the Ford Consul, next to a pair of 1920s brick houses.

Originally sited on a ford over Firgreen Beck, Clifford was at one time the manor that included all of nearby Boston Spa.

It is an ancient fording point on Sherborne Brook, a tributary of the River Windrush.

This 1890 bronze statue of General Gordon of Khartoum on camel-back was the work of E Onslow Ford, and commemorates his illustrious career.

Frank Gates (left) had moved to this location by 1926 (having been in Chelmsford Road in 1922), and by 1937 was the main Ford dealer.