Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ford

Ford, township, Bishop Wearmouth par., N. Durham, on river Wear, 3 miles W. of Sunderland, 1029 ac., pop. 2631; contains Ford House and the Ford Paper Works.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: County Durham AncC
Place: Ford

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