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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 581 inhabitants. This place takes its name from a ford on the river Rib, near which a blacksmith, named Bunt or …
A History of the County of Stafford
… running from Westport Road down to the entrance of Ford and Sons' pottery, still survives and retains the name … tram terminus in the centre of Burslem in 1867: Keates and Ford's Potteries Dir. (1867). C. Lee, 'English Street …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and Nephews (J. and C. Hill) who sold it in 1865 to Thomas Ford; he in turn sold it in 1866 to the Earthenware and … the Hill Pottery Company and was then liquidated, Thomas Ford buying the works back in 1867. 276 The china department … parts of the works are now (1960) in the hands of Ford & Sons, a firm established in Newcastle by Thomas Ford …
A History of the County of Stafford
… at several points. Burton meadow was known as 'barley ford holme' in 1012, 18 and in the late 16th century the main ford was evidently that giving access to the meadow across … part of a route across the meadow, and the 'Conygrie' ford also recorded in the 16th century is possibly that which …
A History of the County of Stafford
… (204 a.), north of Burton bridge. Recorded as 'barley ford island' ( bere fordes holme) in 1012, 18 when it was … a stretch of the river Trent between Horse holme and the ford near the upper mills on the west bank of the river in … was further allowed to fish with traps and nets beyond the ford towards the mill pool, but only so far as he could wade. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… as holding land in Branston; he is probably the William 'atte Gyldehus' mentioned in 1270. 15 The four priests who …
A History of the County of Stafford
… away, possibly at Willington (Derb.), and another by a ford at Walton-on-Trent, south of Burton on the Derbyshire …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Charters of Burton Abbey, ed. Sawyer, p. 68 (where 'barley ford holme' ( bere fordes holme) is identifiable as Burton …