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A History of the County of Oxford
… were mentioned from the 1840s, among them William Ford's twine and matting business on Corn Street, which …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Corn Street and Crown Lane to cross the river at an early ford. 54 Westwards it connected, certainly by the early … southern end at Farm Mill, possibly the site of the 'old ford' mentioned in the 14th century: the line of Corn … further south the route may have continued to 'tidreding ford' on the Ducklington-Witney boundary, mentioned in the …
A History of the County of Essex
… 98 By 1718 there was a ferry and moveable bridge or ford, accessible only at low tide, over the Colne between … it with a new road, which had tollgates in 1888. 1 The ford and ferry were still in use in the early 20th century, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the parish of Alberbury, union of Atcham, hundred of Ford, S. division of Salop, 9 miles (W.) from Shrewsbury; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Pixey, and then across Pixey Mead to cross the Thames by a ford at the end of Mead Way, Yarnton. The latter route was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 2777 inhabitants. This parish, so called from an ancient ford, where is now Woodford Bridge, is about three miles in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Revd. H. D. Clarke. 99 In 1873 Clarke sold it to William Ford who conveyed it in 1898 to the trustees of Sidney …
The Environs of London
… Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies in …
A History of the County of Essex
… Coming from Abridge, it crossed the Roding by a ford, from which the village derived its name, and continued … eventually veering south-west towards London. Around the ford, in the area now known as Woodford Bridge, a medieval … southern section was in 1403 called Long Lane. 13 From the ford a way known as 'the Lane' struck westwards for about a …
A History of the County of Essex
… bought the estate. 106 He sold it in 1864 to Henry Ford Barclay. 107 By that time the fields around the house …