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FORD, a township and a chapelry in Bishop-Wearmouth parish, Durham. The township lies on the river Wear, at Hylton ferry, and at Hylton r. station, 3 miles W of Sunderland. Acres, 1, 000. Pop., 2, 036. Houses, 358. Ford House is the seat of the Fenwicks. Ship-building, pottery-work, and the manufacture of copperas are carried on. The chapelry is conterminate with the township; was constituted in 1854; and is sometimes called South Hylton. Post town, Hylton, under Sunderland. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Valne, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Durham.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Ford |
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