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Situated two and a half miles from Ashford church, Swinford takes its name from a ford for swine. The manor house dates back to the 13th century, and formed part of a large estate.

This view is taken from the Bedfordshire bank, with the ford (still in existence) in the foreground.

Ringwood's market brought country folk from far and wide to the town with their goods, and the market became famous for the sale of New Forest ponies.

It looks as if the Ford Zephyr on the right has an L-plate on its bumper - perhaps the owner of the house is learning to drive.

This unidentified ford is possibly located where the A55 expressway now passes the town. The water level seems very low, which is fortunate for the lady wearing the long skirts.

In 1965, the county boundaries changed and Eaton Socon, with Eaton Ford, became part of Huntingdonshire.

Previously, the Hogsmill River emerging from the Horse Pond had to be forded by stepping-stones.

This rare shot shows the old turnpike cottage (left) at Holme Toll Bar, before the corner was cleared for road widening, looking westwards from Stoborough to East Holme.

A Mini, a Wolseley, a Ford Capri and Cortina, a Morris Traveller and others all suggest the age of the motor car is finally with us; this street is dominated by the motor vehicle.

This picture postcard village is strung out along the road, with the River Darent running through it and under the 15th-century humpbacked bridge (seen here behind the horse and cart) alongside a ford

A Ford Zodiac is the closest parked car (left). Conspicuous businesses include A J Bedingfield, dispensing chemist (left), and the Wine Shop (right).

The driver of the Ford 300E van in the foreground has popped into Haywood's (right) for his morning newspaper. Next door is Sketchley's, the dry-cleaners, and Arthur Rickett.

Bedford grew up at a ford over the River Ouse before the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons in the mid to late 5th century AD. It is certainly the river that gives the town its character now.

The Railway Hotel, near the Chandler's Ford station, changed its name to the Monks Brook Inn after the closure of the station in 1969. The name remains, although the station has been reopened.

It was long known to motorists on the A23 London to Brighton road for the major hold-ups at its traffic light junction with Star Lane, just out of view to the left.

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.

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

This tiny stretch, less than a mile long, is all that is left of the grandiose Portsmouth and Arundel Canal, which linked Ford on the River Arun with Chichester and Portsmouth Harbour.

This tiny stretch, less than a mile long, is all that is left of the grandiose Portsmouth & Arundel Canal, which linked Ford on the River Arun with Chichester and Portsmouth Harbour.

This picture postcard village is strung out along the road, with the River Darent running through it and under the 15th-century humpbacked bridge (seen here behind the horse and cart) alongside a ford

West Bradford gets its name from being west of the broad, shallow ford of the River Ribble.

West Bradford gets its name from being west of the broad, shallow ford of the River Ribble.

The Ford Cortina is parked outside Broadways, an 'RAC approved tearoom with bed and breakfast 10s 6d.' Opposite are the Reading Room of 1888 and the village hall of 1862.

Just six miles from the Borde, the village of Ford sits on gently rising ground on the right bank of the Till.