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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.

The Ford Service Depot on the right, with the two Fords parked nearby, is still a car showroom.

A fine view of a ford which was situated just outside Old Harlow.

Once a village, Chandler's Ford has now been swallowed up by the suburbs of nearby Southampton and Eastleigh.

Once a village, Chandlers Ford has now been swallowed up by the suburbs of nearby Southampton and Eastleigh.

There were six fords over the river Wyre: one was at Buck's Lane, Little Thornton, leading to Hambleton and Banks Farm.

In 1758 the old bridge was restricted to pedestrians and horses by a bar and lamp directing wagons and coaches behind the railings into the ford.

The Ford Tractor Plant—resplendent with its 600,000 gallon water-tower (right)—occupied the whole of the No 3 Industrial Estate.

This delightful traditional English village scene of the ford and the church in the background has changed very little since the photograph was taken.

The bus in the distance has just passed Ford Bridge.

Two car dealerships feature in this scene - Stour Valley Motors selling Austins (centre right), and just beyond it, a Ford dealer.

Here we see a small modern shopping centre with a necessary car park, containing some interesting models of yesteryear - for instance Ford Anglia and Ford Cortina, Austin, Rover, Vauxhall Velox and Triumph

The Ford Tractor Plant—resplendent with its 600,000 gallon water-tower (right)—occupied the whole of the No 3 Industrial Estate.

Opposite, the Port Bredy Guest House takes its name from that used for the town in the Wessex novels of Thomas Hardy.

The novelist Ford Madox Ford once lived in a house on the left beyond the bay window, The Little House.

Opposite, the Port Bredy Guest House takes its name from that used for the town in the Wessex novels of Thomas Hardy.

We are approaching Chandler's Ford from Southampton along Bournemouth Road, altered from Southampton Road to avoid confusion with another road of that name.

The quiet High Street, populated only by a Ford 105E Anglia, a Wolseley Hornet, a Ford Consul, and (peeping out of the corner on the left) a Fordson tractor, is a far cry from the days when Swavesey

This Ford is spanned by a 14th-century packhorse bridge classified as an ancient monument.

Previously farmers had to ford the river Wyre at what was called Aldwath.

The rags were then cut up and pounded to form the fibres in the paper.

The shallow ford at Darnholm, a tiny hamlet just up the road from Goathland.

Before the Town Bridge was strengthened, heavy carts had to ford the river from either the ramp at the sunlit break beyond the trees or another ramp on the right beside the bridge.

This unidentified ford is possibly located where the A55 expressway now passes the town.