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It is an ancient fording point on Sherborne Brook, a tributary of the River Windrush. Many of the neat stone cottages, like the ones we see here, were lived in by workers on the Sherborne Estate.

Just in front of the Star is Haywards Heath's town sign, attractively painted and prominently positioned for all to see and enjoy.

Originally High Street, its approach from the ford across the Roach was via Bull Brow. This old route to Yorkshire was widened in 1897 when the building on the left was demolished.

The first recorded wooden bridge was built here on the site of the original ford in the early 12th century.

Ribchester was once a Roman fort (Bremetennacum), and it was situated by an important ford of the River Ribble.

One was the gap between the Blackdown and Brendon Hills, and the other was the coastal route, which used the old ford at Axmouth; this was part of the Roman Fosse Way, which ran all the way to Lincoln.

A nice 1920 Ford Model T stands outside the tobacconist (left), and the lady in the foreground prepares to rest her bicycle against a cast iron gas lamp standard.

Ribchester was once a Roman fort (Bremetennacum), and it was situated by an important ford of the River Ribble.

She had either just been, or was about to be sold to Nathaniel Miller for his Preston-Dublin service.

The Post Office bought it for their use and moved from King Street in 1919. A lamp-post sign stands outside.

It was a ford which fixed the site of Belfast, but not long after the town was begun, a bridge crossed the river.

A Ford Consul heads out of Fareham. West Street is a mile long, and this section is now pedestrianised.

The Ford Thames van bears a DD Gloucestershire registration; behind it we can just see the back of the latest Thames van which superseded it.

Despite the fact that they were supposed to be on the same side when it came to defending the Borders, the Herons of Ford and the Manners of Etal did not always see eye-to-eye.

The Ford Thames van bears a DD Gloucestershire registration; behind it we can just see the back of the latest Thames van which superseded it.

westwards up West Street to the Town Hall (left of centre), a Ford Model T passes the shops of Best, Warren and Spiller (right).

Ford, Morris, Hillman and Triumph - all the big automobile names are represented here as the town becomes accustomed to the motor age.

Note the shop frontage for Stephen and Fred Green on the left (now a chartered accountants).

Then came fords: cutting the banks to widen rivers makes them shallow enough to drive or walk across.

The Latin words 'parva' and 'magna' for little and great were anciently applied to many Fylde villages (Carleton, Bispham, Thornton and Poulton are all examples).

Hertfordshire puddingstone is a naturally forming conglomerate of well-rounded gravel in a cement-like matrix.

The shops behind the `sit up and beg` Ford and the Sunbeam Talbot 90 are occupied by Barnardos and Taylor`s the estate agents, while the whole of Fosters, outfitters, and the shop next door

Upstream, a few hundred yards before the river reaches the churchyard, the ford over the river is jealously guarded by the village ducks, geese and swans, who challenge pedestrians and motorists; usually

A few yards south of the paper mill, the trackway crosses the River Rib through a gently flowing ford.