Ford, Shropshire
Historical Description
Ford, a township and a parish in Salop. The township lies on the river Severn, nearWatling Street, 5½ miles W by N of Shrewsbury, and has a post and money order office under Shrewsbury; telegraph office, Montford Bridge. The parish comprises 1202 acres; population of the civil parish, 357; of the ecclesiastical, 366. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £154 with residence. The church is ancient, contains a carved screen and reredos, and was enlarged and partly rebuilt in 1875. There is a United Free Methodist chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Salop | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Ford St. Michael | |
Hundred | Ford | |
Poor Law union | Atcham | |
Registration district | Atcham | 1837 - 1935 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the Shropshire Archives have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Ford
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Ford from 1837 to 1935 you should search for the Atcham Registration District.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Ford from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ford, Foord, or Fordsholme (St. Michael))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Shropshire (Salop) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Ford are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Shropshire newspapers online:
- Shrewsbury Chronicle
- Wellington Journal
- Eddowes's Journal, and General Advertiser for Shropshire, and the Principality of Wales
- Ludlow Advertiser
- Salopian Journal
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.