Ford, Ford Bridge, or Fordsbridge, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Ford, Ford Bridge, or Fordsbridge, a parochial chapelry in Herefordshire, near the river Lugg, 2½ miles SSE of Leominster. It has a station, of the name of Ford Bridge, on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Joint (L. & N.W. and G.W.) railway; and its post town is Leominster. Acreage, 303; population, 14. The living is held with that of Hope-under-Dinmore, in the diocese of Hereford; gross value, £54. The church, one of the smallest in England, was once a royal chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Herefordshire | |
Hundred | Wolphy | |
Poor Law union | Leominster |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Ford, Ford Bridge, or Fordsbridge from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Fordsbridge)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Herefordshire newspapers online: