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• Hampstead
  [[File:Ford Madox Brown - Work - artchive.com.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Ford Madox Brown]]'s painting ''Work'' (1865)]] ...jpg|right|thumb|200px|The artist's location today, on The Mount, off Heath Street]]
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• Burslem
  | picture= Brickhouse Street, Burslem - geograph.org.uk - 90878.jpg | picture caption = Brickhouse Street, Burslem
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• Athlone
  | picture =Main Street, Athlone - geograph-3758239-by-P-L-Chadwick.jpg | picture caption =Main Street, Athlone
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• Stratford-upon-Avon
  ...'strætford'' simply meaning "street-ford", referring to a ford carrying a street across the river, presumably the Avon. ===Henley Street===
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• Hampton-in-Arden
  |picture=The High Street Hampton in Arden.JPG |picture caption=Hampton in Arden, High Street
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• Knutsford
  |picture caption=King Street ...Bottom Street), form the "hub" of the town. At one end of the narrow King Street is an entrance to Tatton Park. The Tatton estate was home to the Egerton fa
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• Stockport
  ...Mersey, which forms the boundary, has been culverted and the main shopping street, ''Merseyway'', built above it. ...LS Lowry. Lowry often visited the Stockport War Memorial Gallery on Greek Street especially during the annual exhibition of paintings and sculpture.<ref>[ht
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• Redruth
  |picture caption= Fore Street, Redruth town centre ...ety.]</ref> is housed in the Town Council office at the bottom of the main street.
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• Penrith
  ...the ford" (equivalent to the Welsh ''Penrhyd''), presumably referring to a ford on the Eamont, and others "red head (hill)" (Welsh ''Penrhudd''), referring ...Penrith Methodist Church [http://www.penrithmethodist.co.uk] - Wordsworth Street
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• Godmanchester
  |picture=Godmanchester Post Street.jpg |picture caption=Post Street in Godmanchester
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• Derby
  The newer buildings along Ford Street and St Alkmund's Way include the Friargate Studios, The Joseph Wright Centr ...e in their names, such as Irongate and Friargate; "Gate" being Danish for "street", not "gate".
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• Ulverston
  |picture=Market Street, Ulverston.jpg |picture caption=Market Street, Ulverston
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• Newport Pagnell
  |picture=The High Street, Newport Pagnell - geograph.org.uk - 368877.jpg |picture caption=The High Street, Newport Pagnell
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• Sunderland
  ===Alphabetical street naming of suburbs=== ..., Sunderland suburbs have most streets systematically named such that each street in an area will begin with the same letter:
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• Haverfordwest
  The name of the town means "heifer ford" from Old English ''hæfar'' ("heifer").<ref>Charles, B. G, ''The Placename [[File:Haverfordwest Quay Street.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Quay Street]]
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• Chelmsford
  ...commuters live in Chelmsford and take the daily train journey to Liverpool Street Station in London to work in the City of London financial sector, though Ch ...ved from 'Ceolmaer's ford' which was close to the site of the present High Street stone bridge. In the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 the town was called 'Celmere
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• Stratford, Essex
  ...s to the west of Broadway; much beyond the Broadway it is no longer a high street as such but the long dual carriageway of the A11 fronted by housing, some b The main road, the A11 out of London, is formed by the High Street before being thrown into a ring road around the town centre, Broadway carry
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• Watford
  ...originally a pre-Roman trackway, departed from the ancient Roman [[Watling Street]] at [[Stanmore]], heading for the [[River Gade|Gade]] valley and thence up The modern High Street follows the route of this road, as does the A41.<ref name="Lewis">{{cite bo
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• Hertford
  ...tford''), and means no more nor less than it says to the modern ear: "hart ford". ...r-framed buildings hidden under later frontages, particularly in St Andrew Street. Hertford suffers from traffic problems despite the building in the 1960s o
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• Bridgend
  Bridgend itself developed at a ford on the [[River Ogmore]], which was on the main route between east and west ...treatment works near [[Ogmore]]. Two major multinational corporations, the Ford Motor Company and Sony set factories up in, or on the outskirts of the new
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• Southampton
  ...igh treason and tried at what is now the Red Lion public house in the High Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/features/hants_facts/2 }}</ref> The area of Swaythling is home to Ford's Southampton Assembly Plant, where the majority of their Transit models ar
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• Basingstoke
  ...was May's Brewery, established by Thomas and William May in 1750 in Brook Street. ...:London Road, Basingstoke - geograph.org.uk - 22428.jpg|thumb|right|London Street with its mixed architecture]]
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• Hereford
  ...d" is said to come from the Old English "here ford" ("army ford"), and the ford certainly refers to a crossing of the [[River Wye]]. The Welsh name ''Henf ...Church Street.jpg|upright|thumb|left|200px|Hereford Cathedral, from Church Street]]
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• Lavenham
  |picture=Historic houses on Water Street - geograph.org.uk - 1598333.jpg |picture caption=Water Street, Lavenham
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• Deptford
  |picture caption=Deptford High Street ...], long since swallowed within the London conurbation. It is named after a ford of the [[River Ravensbourne]]. Part of the town spills over too into [[Sur
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• Harlech
  ...of the town is the high town by the castle. Here are the narrow shopping street, church, and castle. Houses have since grown up the hillside and since the ...nown in the early Welsh tradition as "The Assembly of the Noble Head."<ref>Ford, Patrick K. ''The Mabinogi and other Mediæval Welsh Tales''. Berkeley: U o
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• Guildford
  |picture caption=Town Hall clock, High Street [[File:Guildford high street 1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Guildford High Street]]
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• River Ver
  ...stead]], [[Redbourn]], [[St Albans]] and [[Park Street, Hertfordshire|Park Street]], and joins the [[River Colne, Hertfordshire|River Colne]] at [[Bricket Wo The bridge in St Michael's Street, adjacent to Kingsbury Mill, dates from 1765 and is believed to be the olde
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• Preston
  ...st's Town refers to a priory set up by St Wilfrid near the Ribble's lowest ford. This idea is supported by the similarity of the Paschal lamb on Preston's ...d troops corralled the demonstrators in front of the Corn Exchange on Lune Street. Shots were fired and four of the demonstrators were killed. A commemorat
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• Stamford
  |picture=High Street St Martin's, Stamford.jpg [[File:Broad Street - geograph.org.uk - 616752.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Broad Street]]
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• Newtown, Montgomeryshire
  ...entre for the hamlet of Llanfair-yng-Nghedewain. It was situated near the ford on the [[River Severn]], below the Long Bridge and around the church of St ...rt Owen was erected in 1956 in a small park off Shortbridge Street and Gas street. A replica statue was later built in [[Manchester]].
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• Botley, Berkshire
  ...ref>Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 333</ref> It is still owned by Hartwell Ford. ...ord.<ref>Hanson, 1995, page 26</ref> The name Old Botley is preserved in a street set back from the main road. The major development which began in the 1930s
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• Dublin
  ...ituated in the area of Aungier Street currently occupied by the Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church. ..."Messiah" was performed for the first time in New Musick Hall in Fishamble Street with 26 boys and five men from the combined choirs of St Patrick's and Chri
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• Leatherhead
  |picture caption=Bridge Street, Leatherhead ...Welsh origin to the name cognate to ''Llwyd-rhyd'', proposed to mean "grey ford" (in defiance of Welsh word-order.<ref>http://www.sussex.ac.uk/linguistics/
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• South Moreton
  ...not a shop nor village hall. There are a few large old houses on the High Street, some newer houses at the east of the village, modern social housing to the The Crown public house, on High Street, was the last to be rebuilt by Wadworth of [[Devizes]] before the enactment
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• Morpeth
  ...irteenth century a stone bridge was built over the Wansbeck, replacing the ford previously in use.<ref name="keys"/> ...isturbed by a garrison of Italian mercenaries, who 'pestered such a little street standing in the highway' by killing deer and withholding payment for food.<
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• River Devon, Nottinghamshire
  ...HLE|1075096}} Fleming's Bridge, Bottesford</ref> At Devon Lane, there is a ford, besides which stands a single-arched brick bridge, with two holes passing
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• Retford
  ...e Towns Name] </ref> The first land settled was on the western side of the ford &ndash; as this area being less liable to flooding &ndash; but as the commu **Grove Street Methodist Church
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• Crieff
  ...Gallowhaugh - now Gallowhill, at the bottom of Burrell Street. What is now Ford Road was Gallowford Road which led down past the gallows to the crossing po ...tel in Hill Street. He also had his horse shod in the blacksmith's in King Street. Later in the month he reviewed his troops in front of Ferntower House, on
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• Hungerford
  ...rford or Town, Sanden Fee, Eddington with Hidden, and Newtown and Charnham Street. Hungerford Town and Eddington lie in Berkshire, with the remainder in [[Wi Hungerford is an Old English name meaning 'Hanging Wood Ford'. The town's symbol is the six-pointed star and crescent moon.
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• Blackburn
  ...e area of Revidge to the north can be reached by a steep climb up Montague Street and Dukes Brow to reach a peak of 715 feet above sea level. ...strial revolution and runs underground in the town centre, under Ainsworth Street and between Blackburn's Roman Catholic Cathedral and Bus Station. On the we
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• Glastonbury
  ...A mile away across the [[River Brue]] is the village of [[Street, Somerset|Street]]. At the edge of the town and dominating landscape for many miles around [[File:Glastonbury High street.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The High Street]]
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• Bridge of Allan
  A hog's back, narrow, stone bridge was built to replace the old ford across the River Allan, in 1520. It rose sharply from the riverbank and dip ...s with pleasure grounds in the woods. He also erected a fountain in Market Street. It was at this time that many handsome stone villas were built on wide tho
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• Cork
  [[File:Patrick Street Cork2.jpg|left|thumb|Patrick Street c.1890–1900.]] ...nd local Irish<ref>Mass noticeboard, Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Paul Street, Cork</ref> and of course English.
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• Worcester
  ...bank of the River Severn in around 400 BC. The position, which commanded a ford on the river, was used in the first century by the Romans to establish what ...:Tudor Buildings Friar Street Worcester.JPG|thumb|Tudor buildings in Friar Street]]
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• River Leader
  ...ere there had been a Roman fort and garrison, and entered Lauderdale. Dere Street is said to have been reconditioned by King Malcolm III and was probably use
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• Wendover
  ...the centre of the town, which was built in 1842. The tree lined Aylesbury Street includes the 16th-century timber framed Chiltern House and 18th-century Red ...own as Anne Boleyn's Cottages. The town is the birthplace of Gordon Onslow Ford, British surrealist artist, and it is believed to be the birthplace of the
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• Fenny Stratford
  ...onal Ground and the Fenny Allotments from the west, the Rail line, Watling street and Denbigh East from the north, [[Water Eaton Brook]] by the south and the ...hy ford on a street (Roman road)'. The road in this case is the [[Watling Street]], the old Roman road from [[London|Londinium]].
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• Bradford
  The name Bradford is from the Old English ''brad ford''; "broad ford". This referred to a crossing of the Bradford Beck at Church Bank, below t ...homas Cook, Bradford.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Thomas Cook Head Office, Godwin Street]]
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• Wakefield
  ...se ''gata'' meaning road;<ref>{{Harvnb|Mills|1998|p=403}}</ref> a frequent street name in towns where the Norse dwelt. ...d in the streets around the Bull Ring and the cattle market between George Street and Ings Road grew to be one of the biggest in the country.<ref>{{Harvnb|Ta
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• Hemingford Grey
  ...at charm with several 18th and 19th Century houses. At the end of the High Street is the Norman Manor House, which was restored by the children's writer, Luc ...ts unique truncated spire, is close to the river bank at the end of Church Street.
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• River Cherwell
  ...Spokes Symonds|author2=Nigel Morgan|year=2010|title=The Origins of Oxford Street Names|isbn=978 1 899536 99 3|page=36}}</ref> ...ated along a three-mile stretch of the Cherwell between Hay's bridge and a ford at Slat Mill near Great Bourton. King Charles's forces beat the Parliamenta
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• Dartford
  |picture caption=Holy Trinity Church, Dartford High Street ...e old road from London to [[Dover]] crossed: hence the name, from ''Darent ford''. Dartford became a market town in the Middle Ages and, although today it
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• Ashford, Middlesex
  ...the age, albeit one which means the same today as it did then: Ash (tree) ford. Mankind has dwelt here before then though: Bronze Age artefacts have been The high street is called Church Road and it mainly comprises local businesses; the usual r
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• Bow Back Rivers
  ...h carried the principal road to [[Colchester]]. There may also have been a ford further south at Bow,<ref name=baker88>{{harvnb |Baker |1998 |pp=88–90}}< ...rvnb |Boyes |Russell |1977 |p=13}}</ref> This lowered the tide head to Old Ford, and prevented large boats sailing the river until the 15th century.<ref na
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• Bishop's Stortford
  |picture=Market Street - geograph.org.uk - 546308.jpg |picture caption=Market Street, Bishop's Stortford
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• Braughing
  ...rmine Street (now the route of the A10), [[Stane Street (Colchester)|Stane Street]] (now the [[A120 road|A120]]) and the [[Icknield Way]], and covering at le [[File:Ford in Braughing - geograph.org.uk - 720276.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Ford on the Quin in Braughing]]
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• Buntingford
  ...ordshire]]. It stands on the [[River Rib]] and on the Roman road [[Ermine Street]]; now the A10. ...ntury one cell prison known as 'The Cage' by the ford at the end of Church Street.
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• Counter's Creek
  ...to be a corruption of 'Samfordesbrigge' meaning 'the bridge at the sandy ford'.<ref>Charles James Feret ''Fulham Old and New'' vol. ii, 1900</ref>
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• River Quin
  ...s Lane ford - geograph.org.uk - 621079.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Maltings Lane Ford, Braughing]] ...ad]] as well as the smaller settlements of [[Hay Street, Hertfordshire|Hay Street]] and [[Dassels]]. The valley is shallow around the river with gently slop
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• Stamford Brook
  ...lopment from 'stoney ford' or 'sandy ford' by which it was crossed by King Street. Stamford Brook has given its name to the surrounding area between [[Hammer
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• Onchan
  ...Port Jack area, was the first area on the island to have electric-powered street lighting, powered by the Manx Electric Railway generators.<ref name="IOMT-O Bilaloe Glen was named after a ford at the bottom of Whitebridge Hill.
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• Alton, Hampshire
  |picture caption=Alton High Street ...posting station at [[Neatham]] near Alton, probably called Vindomis, and a ford across the [[River Wey]]. Centuries later, a Saxon settlement was establish
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• Sidmouth
  ...ach. [[Peak Hill, Devon|Peak Hill]] can be seen in the distance. Along the street are many shops and cafes, and it is the ideal place to sit in a deckchair t ...Sid]] (which runs through Sidmouth) flows over the road at the end of Mill Street.
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• London Colney
  ...ndon; it is not on Watling Street though; that runs further west at Colney Street. ...Bull and Green Dragon pubs conveniently situated on opposite sides of the ford. Nearby flooded gravel pits form a nature reserve for wild birds. The A6 us
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• Eastleigh
  ...url=http://www.chandlersfordonline.com/history/history.htm|title=Chandlers Ford - Local History|work=chandlersfordonline.com|accessdate=29 March 2010}}</re ...and a new library replacing the demolished Town Hall library in the High Street atrium.
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• Leigh, Lancashire
  ...99 Leigh became a municipal borough. The first town hall was built in King Street and replaced by the present building in 1907. Bedford, “the ford of Beda”, probably a ford through Pennington Brook gave its name to this part of Leigh. Spellings inc
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• River Lea
  ...Green (1998), pp. 88-90]</ref> Evidence of a late Roman settlement at Old Ford, dating from the 4th and 5th centuries, has been found. ...d the flow of the river and caused the tidal head to move downriver to Old Ford.
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• Sleaford
  The name Sleaford is from the Old English ''esla ford'', meaning "ford over a muddy stream" (now known as the [[River Slea]]). In AD 852 the name ...itable trust, owning and operating the almshouses at the junction of Carre Street and Eastgate immediately to the south of St&nbsp;Denys Church and a later s
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• Ickenham
  The heart of Ickenham is the original village, its high street somewhat brought up since early days, while houses have gathered in new dev ...eached 7,107, and this had risen to 10,370 by 1961 and 11,214 by 1971. The ford over the River Pinn on Swakeleys Drive, nicknamed "The Splash", was replace
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• Royal Leamington Spa
  **[http://www.dalestreet-methodist.org.uk/ Dale Street Methodist Church] ...Lane until 1860).<ref name="courrier"/> The shopping street contains high street chains and a covered shopping centre.
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• Walkern
  |picture=Walkern High Street. - geograph.org.uk - 118536.jpg |picture caption=Walkern High Street
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• Salford
  ...none-->}}</ref> and the first street in the world to be lit by gas, Chapel Street in 1806.<ref name="Library2">{{citation |url=http://www.visitsalford.info/w ...--none-->}}</ref><ref name="Cooper6">{{Harvnb|Cooper|2005|p=6}}.</ref> The ford was about where Victoria Bridge is today.<ref>{{Harvnb|Cooper|2005|p=7}}.</
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• Wick River
  ...known as the Bridge of Wick and it carries an extension of Wick’s Bridge Street. * Around 300 yards east of Mary Ford ({{getmapecho|ND328523}}), the river is crossed by the railway which links
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• River Tame, Staffordshire
  ...e west from [[Warwickshire]] to the east. It flows under ancient [[Watling Street]] to the east of [[Fazeley]] and under an aqueduct carrying the [[Coventry **Ford Brook
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• River Irwell
  ...Bury,|last=Anon|year=2008|work=Desk Based Assessment: Bury Ground, Carlyle Street, Bury, Greater Manchester|publisher=Archaeo-Environment Ltd|pages=11|access ...>{{Harvnb|Bracegirdle|Brereton|1973|pp=16–17.}}</ref> They also built a ford with rectangular stone blocks at Cornbrook, which is thought to be the firs
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• Sandhurst, Berkshire
  ...fence Academy</ref> He opened the Junior Department of the College at West Street in [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire|Marlow]]<ref>[http://www.marlowsociety.org.uk/ ...=Ford, David Nash |year=2001 |work=Royal Berkshire History |publisher=Nash Ford Publishing |accessdate=28 December 2010}}</ref> These lands belonged to the
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• Stony Stratford
  |picture caption=Stony Stratford High Street ...]]. Stony Stratford retais is separate appearance, at least along the High Street which is the centre of the little town which stood here for many centuries
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• List of King George's Fields
  | [[Clapham, Bedfordshire|Clapham]] ||High Street <small>MK14 6DS</small> || {{map|}} || align="right"| 9.64 | [[Kilcreggan]] || Ford Road (Cove and Kilcreggan) || {{map|}} || align="right"| 8.77
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• Frodsham
  ...he name "Frod" is otherwise unknown. It might instead come from the word "ford" (the same in old and Modern English). **Main Street Chapel
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• Cockermouth
  ...g to a "back lane": the Derwent bank on the north and Back Lane (now South Street), on the south.<ref name="CockHist"/> The layout is still largely preserved ...ples of Georgian residences may be found near the Market Place, St. Helens Street, at the bottom of Castlegate Drive and Kirkgate.
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• Wigton
  ...t town of Wigton is an ancient settlement and evolved from a pre-mediæval street plan, which can still be traced today. ...owes much to the vision of Rev. John Ford (father of the broadcaster Anna Ford) in the 1950s when he had gravestones laid flat and the interior painted in
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• Brixham
  The street names reflect the town's history. Pump Street is where the village pump stood. Monksbridge was a bridge built by the monk ...ater, for houses and roads, and was sent to [[Dagenham]] to make steel for Ford automobiles. It was also burnt in limekilns to reduce it to a powder which
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• Budleigh Salterton
  ...ing situated in the High Street, Fore Street and Station Road (at the High Street end). It came bottom in a 2003 survey of towns giving value for money to ho *{{cite book | last=Ford | first=Alan | title=[[Mark Rolle]]: His Architectural Legacy in the Lower
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• Ilfracombe
  ...cond theory has it as ''yfel cumb'': "Evil valley" or "valley with the bad ford".<ref>{{cite book|title=Ilfracombe|last=Bowring|year=1931|pages=16}}</ref>< ...cept contemporary records and the area designated Castle Hill off Portland Street/Montepellier Terrace.
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• Totnes
  |picture=Totnes High Street.jpg |picture caption=The Eastgate over the High Street in 1983
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• Camelford
  ...rd Barton</ref> There is an older Methodist chapel (now disused) in Chapel Street. ...ame of the river (Allen) in combination with cam-=crooked and the English 'ford', though this is not accepted by all.
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• Wadebridge
  The main shopping street in Wadebridge is Molesworth Street, a pedestrianized road. ...ie Books|year=1996|isbn=0-7525-1851-8|page=342}}</ref> came about due to a ford in the River Camel. The early crossing had two chapels either side of the r
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• List of Queen Elizabeth II Fields
  | [[Stockcross]] || Stockcross Recreation Ground || Ermine Street <small>RG20 8LW</small> || {{map|}} || 8 | [[Streatley]] || Streatley Meadow || High Street <small>RG8 9HY</small> || {{map|}} || 8.8
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• Wirksworth
  ...d]] and thence to the garrison at ''Derventio'' ([[Derby]]) and to Rykneld Street and possibly but not certainly, to the ports on the [[Humber]]. In Anglo-Sa ...of it in historic buildings, such 18th century Old Manor House on Coldwell Street and the Old Lock-Up guest house, which dates from 1842. The town also has a
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• Stonehouse, Devon
  ...d are the heart of Plymouth's notorious residual red light district, Union Street, originally built across marshland, was for almost a century the centre of ...t West, Plymouth - geograph.org.uk - 1777663.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Wyndham Street]]
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• Blandford Forum
  |picture=Blandford Forum, View from East Street into Market Place - geograph.org.uk - 1756505.jpg |picture caption=Blandford Forum, from East Street to Market Place
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• Ballinamallard
  ...killen]]. The name is from the Irish ''Béal Átha na Mallacht'' meaning "ford-mouth of the curses".<ref name="IrishPlaceNames">Flanagan, Deirdre & Lauren ...llard, County Fermanagh - geograph.org.uk - 349694.jpg|Ballinamallard main Street
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• Coggeshall
  ...he course of the old Roman road known as [[Stane Street (Colchester)|Stane Street]] (and the drainage aqueducts of the ancient road are still visible in the ...tlement before then and the town lies on [[Stane Street (Colchester)|Stane Street]], which may have been built on a much earlier track. Roman coins dating fr
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• Ilford
  ...first recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Ilefort'' and means ''ford over the Hyle''; an old name for the [[River Roding]] that means "trickling ...soon outgrew these premises, and its headquarters moved to a site at Roden Street until 1976 when the factory was closed. Many Ilford Limited products are di
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• Rochford
  The town takes its name from the Old English for Hunting Dogs Ford. The River Roach was originally called the Walfleet and its current name is ...ailway station from which trains run to Southend Victoria and to Liverpool Street station in the [[City of London]]. In consequence it has long been popular
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• Coleford, Gloucestershire
  ...'s brook. Coleford had eight or more houses in 1349 and was described as a street in 1364. It had a chapel by 1489. In 1642 the commander of a Parliamentary File:Coleford glos st johns street.JPG|St John's Street, in the centre of Coleford
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• Lacock
  |picture=High Street at Lacock - geograph.org.uk - 1523996.jpg |picture caption=The High Street, Lacock
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• Melksham
  ...verall road length, the shortest street in Melksham is aptly called "Short Street", at the top of Melksham Forest. The town of Melksham developed at a ford across the [[River Avon, Somerset|River Avon]] and the name is presumed to
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• Bradford-on-Avon
  The town's name is Old English; ''bradan ford'' means "the broad ford". The name is found in the [[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]], which records that i ...he ford across the river Avon, hence the origin of the town's name ("Broad-Ford"). In 652 the West Saxons under Cenwalh fought a battle at Bradford on Avon
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• Bathford
  |picture=High Street, Bathford - geograph.org.uk - 809104.jpg |picture caption=High Street, Bathford
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• Brunanburh
  ...e Roman fort of ''Longovicium'' stood where the Roman road known as [[Dere Street]] crosses the River Browney.<ref>[http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/107 ...d. He also showed that the [[Heasandford]] area of the town is named for a ford of the [[River Brun]] on an ancient trans-pennine route known locally as th
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• Blackwater, Farnborough
  ...kwater was in 1281, when it was known as ''Bredeford''. It grew around the ford crossing across the [[River Blackwater, Surrey|River Blackwater]].<ref name ...impression of the county, whose prettiness opens up further in. The 'high street' area (the A30) is a dual-carriageway lined by a 1960s shopping parade and
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• Fareham
  |picture caption=High Street, Fareham Archaeological excavations: around the old High Street area and the church of St Peter & Paul; on high ground over the Wallington
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• Fordingbridge
  ...ed its present name, was built in the Middle Ages and is upstream from the ford. The bridge is a major feature of the town with its seven graceful arches, Not far from the High Street is the parish church of St. Mary the Virgin which has some typical Norman c
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• Wickham
  |picture=Wickham, Bridge Street - geograph.org.uk - 2070648.jpg |picture caption=Bridge Street, Wickham
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• West Malling
  ...those with leprosy; Ford House, over 600 years old; a mainly Georgian High Street; the Swan Hotel,<ref name=swanhotel>{{britlist|101219371|The Swan Hotel, We ...d from the West Malling bypass, taking commuter traffic away from the High Street.
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• Stretford
  ...y into Stretford at Crossford Bridge, built at the location of the ancient ford. ...Street.<ref>{{citation |title=Bomb damage to the children's library, King Street |work=Trafford Lifetimes |publisher=Trafford Council |url=http://www.traffo
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• Brigg
  |picture=Crowds in Wrawby Street, Brigg.jpg |picture caption=Wrawby Street, Brigg
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• Thetford
  ...Ouse River, draws its name from the Old English ''þeod ford'' or "people ford". The nearby [[River Thet]] was later named after the town. In the Anglo-S ...e tunnels is rumoured to be found in the basement of a house on Old Market Street, though the idea should be treated with the scepticism due to most "secret
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• River Wensum
  ...quays and industrial remnants can be found near the station and along King Street, and a slipway at Pulls Ferry marks the start of a canal originally used to ...idge which was demolished in 1791. It is positioned on the site of a Roman Ford.
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• Daventry
  |picture=High Street Daventry c2005.jpg |picture caption=High Street, Daventry
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• Crossings of the River Thames
  ...24&nbsp;tunnels, six public ferries, one cable car link, and at least one ford. The [[River Thames]] has so many bridges thrown across it because of its | [[Duxford, Berkshire|Duxford Ford]] and Shifford Lock Cut footbridge
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• Stewarton
  ...to a head in 1586 when Hugh, 4th the Earl of Eglinton was attacked at the ford on the [[Annick Water]] (which flows through Stewarton) by 30 or so members ...ng Path' runs upstream from the Annick (previously Annack or Annock Water) Ford and this is where the Earl's widow is said to have wept as she later follow
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• Feltham
  | picture caption=Feltham High Street ...se which was controversially demolished in the mid-1960s to make way for a Ford car dealership and petrol station. This has since been demolished but repla
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• Clun
  ...quite clear in High Street, Newport Street, Kidd Lane, Powell's Lane, Ford Street and Hospital Lane. In 1204 King John granted a charter for a three-day fair In addition to Clun Bridge there is also a ford further downstream, at Waterloo, which has recently been made usable to mos
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• Dulverton
  ...Dulverton was first recorded in 1084 as ''Dieglaford-tun'' meaning "hidden ford village". The Domesday Book records it as ''Dolvertune'' and suggests it wa ...e to provide a service to surrounding businesses. The market house in Fore Street, which is believed to date from 1760, was converted into the town hall in 1
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• Shepton Mallet
  ...e second 'L' appears to have been added in the 16th century.<ref name=ford>Ford, Eric: ''Shepton Mallet: An Historical and Postal Survey'' (1958, self-publ ...ter giving the estate here to Abbot Berwald of Glastonbury Abbey.<ref name=ford/> According to some legends Indract of Glastonbury was buried in Shepton.<r
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• Batley
  [[File:Commercial Street, Batley.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Commercial Street]] ...treet. The largest shop here is Tesco which is linked to the main shopping street by footbridge. There are several chain shops, including Boots the Chemist a
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• Brighouse
  There was a ford across the Calder called Snake Hill Ford, which it is believed formed part of the Roman route between [[Wakefield]] The main shopping streets are Commercial Street and Bethel Street.
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• Bingley
  |picture=Old Main Street - Bingley - geograph.org.uk - 1119608.jpg |picture caption=Old Main Street, Bingley
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• Castleford
  ...the most notable Roman town centre sites is that of the Bath House on Aire Street. ''Lagentium'' was occupied at least until the end of the Roman period (abo ...xon period a village grew here by the ford, known as ''Casterford'' ("Fort Ford"), which name evolved into the village of Castleford.
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• Horsforth
  |picture caption=Town Street, Horsforth **Central Methodist Church, Town Street
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• Pateley Bridge
  |picture caption=High Street, Pateley Bridge ...ig(ge)''. The final elements are clear, deriving from Old Norse ''gata'' ('street') and the northern dialect form ''brig'' ('bridge') respectively. There is
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• Tadcaster
  |picture caption=Tadcaster from Bridge Street The original river crossing was probably a simple ford near the present site of St Mary's Church, soon followed by a wooden bridge
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• Wath-upon-Dearne
  ...of the same meaning has been suggested, in reference to its position at a ford on the [[River Dearne]]. It appears in the [[Domesday Book]] as ''Wad''. ...]], the latter a branch of [[Ryknield Street]]. North of the town was the ford of the [[River Dearne]] that gave the village its name.
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• Wookey Hole
  ...ith Farmhouse and forecourt wall}}</ref> as is the post office in the high street.<ref>{{NHLE|1345155|Post Office}}</ref> ...for maturing Cheddar cheese.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Inside the cave | work=Ford Farm | url=http://www.fordfarm.com/default.aspx?p=inside_the_cave | accessd
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• Kesh
  Kesh began as a ford or crossing place on the Glendarragh River. In the past Lough Erne came ver After a time the ford was augmented with a wicker bridge for which the Gaelic word is ''ceis'', w
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• Lisbellaw
  ...e. Its name is from the Gaelic ''Lios Béal Átha'', meaning 'Fort at the ford-mouth'.<ref>{{placenamesNI|9445|Lisbellaw}}</ref> ...church building and a Plymouth Brethren gospel hall lie just off the main street. It is a strongly Protestant village.
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• River Wear
  ...rket town of [[Stanhope, County Durham|Stanhope]] is known in part for the ford across the river. From here the river is followed by the line of the Wearda ...Wear passes Binchester Roman Fort, Vinovia, having been crossed by [[Dere Street]], the Roman road running from ''Eboracum'' ([[York]]) to ''Coria ([[Corbri
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• River Cree
  ...f the main ford, just below the present bridge, is still detectable in the street layout of Newton Stewart. The location of the first, wooden bridge and the
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• Trim
  ...ame is from the Irish language ''Baile Átha Troim'', meaning "Town at the ford of elderflowers". ...h, the Wellington column, the current Bank of Ireland building, and Castle Street by Lord Dunsany, a major landowner. Following the Great Irish Famine of 184
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• Erdington
  |picture=Erdington High Street - geograph.org.uk - 1560564.jpg |picture caption=Erdington High Street
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• Watling Street
  ...ancetter - geograph.org.uk - 672065.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The A5 - Watling Street, in Warwickshire]] ...eet near Wroxeter - geograph.org.uk - 723390.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Watling Street approaches the Wrekin near Wroxeter]]
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• Duffield Castle, Derbyshire
  ...h the convoys of lead from ''Lutudarum'' ([[Wirksworth]]) joined [[Rykneld Street]] at ''Derventio'' (now part of [[Derby]]), on the way to the North Sea por
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• Yalding
  |picture caption=Houses on the High Street There are three bridges in the village; the Twyford Bridge (meaning ''twin ford'', where there was originally a double crossing of the two rivers) is one o
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• Polden Hills
  ...from [[Puriton]], near [[Bridgwater]], in the west, to [[Street, Somerset|Street]], in the east. The ridge of the hill once accommodated a Roman road, from The Roman road crossed the [[River Parrett]] by means of a ford, at the White House (White House Rhyne), on the [[Pawlett]] Hams. This west
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• Castle Combe
  |picture caption=The main street and Bybrook River The village is near the villages of [[Grittleton]], [[Ford, Wiltshire|Ford]], [[Nettleton, Wiltshire|Nettleton]], [[Tiddleywink]], and the town of [[C
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• Fotheringhay
  Access to the village was formerly by way of a ford on the Nene adjacent to the former castle site. The first bridge built was Sixteenth century Fotheringhay, as observed by Leland, consisted a single street of around 40 houses and a population of around 300. In the 17th century the
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• Wollaston, Worcestershire
  |picture=Britannia Inn, 75 High Street, Wollaston - geograph.org.uk - 1116668.jpg |picture caption=The Britannia Inn, Wollaston High Street
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• Shefford
  |picture caption=Shefford High Street ...glish ''sceap ford''; "Sheep ford" as the sheep market here was reached by ford over the two rivers that run through the town.
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• Bourn Brook, Cambridgeshire
  ...ugh Caxton, crossing the route of the ancient Roman road known as [[Ermine Street]] at its junction with the [[Bourn, Cambridgeshire|Bourn]] and [[Great Gran ...Cambridgeshire|Bourn]], where the Caxton End road crosses it by means of a ford. The brook then bisects the village of Bourn. The Bourn Brook is named af
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• Fordham, Cambridgeshire
  ...nged since the 10th century. The name "Fordham" means just what it seems: 'ford homestead'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Fordham ...et/e2bn/leas/c99/schools/cdb/website/Fordham%20Primary%20Website/index.htm Ford-ham Primary School ]</ref>
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• Great Wratting
  ...lies in the valley of the [[River Stour, Suffolk|River Stour]]. There is a ford across the Stour in the centre of the village, where bathing and fishing ar [[File:red-field.JPG|left|thumb|200px|Red Field, looking towards the Street]]
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• Hauxton
  ...usand years thanks to its position on the [[River Cam|River Granta]] and a ford near Hauxton Mill that has probably been used since the Bronze Age. A bridg The modern village built up along a single street that runs approximately parallel to the River Granta from the old [[London]
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• Little Thetford
  The 10th-century Old English name, ''Lytel Þiutforda'', suggests a ford across the nearby [[River Great Ouse]], which today forms most of the villa ...d an earlier settlement of the Pre-Roman Iron Age. The Roman road [[Akeman Street]] passed through the north-west corner of the parish, and the lost 7th cent
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• Bridgewater Canal
  ...pg|right|thumb|200px|''The Opening of the Bridgewater Canal A.D. 1761'' by Ford Madox Brown at Manchester Town Hall]] ...t Manchester, more buildings were built by Brindley and extended to Alport Street (now called Deansgate).<ref name=pb15/> The warehouses were of timber-fram
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• River Roach
  ...ach' as a back-formation from the name of the town, as if 'Rochford' were 'ford over the River Roach'. Passing under South Street beside the Horse and Groom public house, the River Roach then continues eas
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• River Gipping
  ...ained from fields. It heads towards the south-west, passing under the main street of Mendlesham Green by Green Farm.<ref>{{NHLE|1285352|Green Farmhouse}}</re By Stonebridge Ford, the river is joined by a stream flowing northwards from Columbine Hall, a
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• River Colne, Essex
  ...[Earls Colne]], [[Colne Engaine]], [[White Colne]], [[Chappel]] and [[Ford Street]] before reaching Colchester.
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• Devil's Causeway
  [[File:Devil's Causeway heading for Hart Burn ford - geograph.org.uk - 1753411.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Devil's Causeway near ...d]] in Northumberland; not one of the major routes but a branch off [[Dere Street]] north of [[Corbridge]]. It can be traced through Northumberland for abou
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• Ryknild Street
  [[File:Ryknild street.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Ryknild Street: a section preserved in Sutton Park]] '''Ryknild Street''' or '''Icknield Street''' is a long [[Roman road]] stretching from [[Gloucestershire]] to [[Yorksh
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• King Street
  ...ng Street Crossroads - geograph.org.uk - 997279.jpg|right|thumb|300px|King street at Stowe, Lincolnshire]] '''King Street''' is the name of a modern road on the line of a short [[Roman road]] in th
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• Stane Street (Colchester)
  {{distinguish|Stane Street (Chichester)}} ...:Stane Street (Colchester).png|right|thumb|220px|Roman Britain, with Stane Street in red]]
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• Stane Street (Chichester)
  {{distinguish|Stane Street (Colchester)}} [[File:Stane Street map.svg|right|thumb|300px|Map of Stane Street]]
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• Pennine Way
  ...hough it would require crossing the Maize Beck (the Tees being too wide to ford in most seasons) or staying south of the river to this point. ...Roman fort at [[Chew Green]], and briefly follows the Roman road of [[Dere Street]]. The path then follows the boundary ridge, passing the high point of [[W
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• Newton-in-Bowland
  ...sterious ''Bogeuurde'' in [[Domesday]] - identified by Ekwall with ''Barge Ford'', near Foulscales - may in fact be the manor of Knowlmere in its earliest The [[Roman road]] known as [[Watling Street]], that runs from [[Manchester]] via [[Ribchester]] to [[Carlisle]], passes
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• Bow Street
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• St Boswells
  |picture=Main Street, St Boswells - geograph.org.uk - 596439.jpg The Romans came to this area almost two thousand years ago, leaving [[Dere Street]] and the nearby fort of Trimontium as evidence of their occupation. Follow
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• Earlston
  | picture=Main Street, Earlston.jpg | picture caption=Main Street, Earlston
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• Drogheda
  ...language, in which it is named ''Droichead Átha'', meaning "Bridge of the ford". ...featuring a gallery space and a theatre. The former Garda station in West Street is now a satellite site of the Droichead Arts Centre. This site is called B
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• Calleva Atrebatum
  ...er, about {{convert|40|ha|acre|0|x}}, and was laid out along a distinctive street grid pattern. ...of Nennius's list of the 28 cities of Sub-Roman Britain.<ref name=nashford>Ford, David Nash. "[www.britannia.com/history/ebk/articles/nenniuscities.html Th
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• Theale
  '''Theale''' is a large village in [[Berkshire]]. It has a high street of small businesses, large business parks beside its railway station and it ...Chamberlain (the High Sheriff of Berkshire<ref name="Ford 2007">{{harvtxt|Ford|2007}}</ref>) and a Richard Andrews.<ref name="Mars 2003 6" /> The followin
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• Waltham St Lawrence
  ...on words ''Wealt'' and ''Ham'', meaning 'dilapidated homes'.<ref name=ford>Ford, David Nash (2001). [http://www.berkshirehistory.com/villages/walthamstl.ht ...e name "Shurlock Row" is from 'Sud-Lac Rue' (Norman French for "South Lake Street").
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• Woodlands St Mary
  ...www.berkshirehistory.com/villages/lambourn_woodlands.html | publisher=Nash Ford Publishing | year=2004 | accessdate=2008-02-23}}</ref>
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• Woolhampton
  The A4 road forms the main street of the village. An unclassified road runs to the south, towards the village ...http://www.berkshirehistory.com/villages/woolhampton.html | publisher=Nash Ford Publishing | year=2004 | accessdate=2007-09-13}}</ref>
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• Botley, Hampshire
  |picture=High Street, Botley, Hampshire - geograph-3184059.jpg |picture caption=High Street, Botley
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• Hackney Marshes
  ...crossed at [[Old Ford]]. Marsh Road, the continuation of [[Homerton]] High Street, led to the marshes, and thence to [[Temple Mills]]. The Romans appear to h
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• Hog's Back
  ...er Cassandra dated Thursday 20 May 1813 from her brother's house in Sloane Street, wrote of her journey to London in a curricle by way of "the Hog's-back" an ...1995 |quote=Guildford and Hog's Back}}</ref> but more frequently as "Guild Ford" after the assembly of burgesses, the guild, known to have governed the tow
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• Prestbury, Cheshire
  ...lage street was connected to Pearl Street, the main street of Butley, by a ford. ...">{{NHLE|1275042|The Admiral Rodney}}</ref> on the southeast side of Pearl Street. In 1855 the bridge was replaced by the present bridge with one arch.<ref n
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• Polzeath
  The main street runs along the seafront and has a parade of shops catering for holidaymaker ...apel Corner. The original building was demolished in 1932 when the village street was widened. A new village hall was opened on 15 April 1933.<ref name=charm
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• Verulamium
  This was an important city in Roman times. The ancient [[Watling Street]], a major [[Roman road]], passed through the city. ...28 cities of Britain in his ''History of the Britons''.<ref name=nashford>Ford, David Nash. "[http://www.britannia.com/history/ebk/articles/nenniuscities.
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• Kegworth
  ...entrance to Australia Yard was removed to make way for the library in High Street. The next oldest building visible is the Cruck Cottage forming the street front of the Cottage Restaurant. This is from the 15th century, but the stu
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• Gosforth
  |picture=Gosforth High Street 4.jpg |picture caption=Gosforth High Street
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• Bridge of Earn
  ...nturies. The village's oldest houses are to be found lining the road (Back Street/Old Edinburgh Road) leading south from the site of the demolished bridge. ...rt of the village) are featured in the 1857 painting ''Sir Isumbras at the Ford'' by John Everett Millais (1829–1896), who often stayed at nearby Perth.
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• Comrie
  ...built in 1792. Until the bridge, the Ross was only accessible over a river ford. Other isolated villages and hamlets now brought within the embrace of Comr ...has a little-known Charles Rennie Mackintosh building, a shop in the main street with a first floor corner turret built in a version of the Scottish vernacu
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• Busby
  ...first Busby Bridge was built on this route c.1785, and replaced an earlier ford above the waterfall. The new road changed the focus, from the old Carmunnoc ...on a hilly part of Cartsbridge Farm, originally known as "The Bank". Main Street was built on a very steep hill and the road to Clarkston developed along a
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• Inverkip
  ...ted within the pharmacy in what was (until 2010) the general store on Main Street, plus a retail and business block, named Kip Park, located to the north sid File:Inverkip Main Street.JPG|Main Street
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• Wall-by-Lichfield
  |picture caption=Wall, along Watling Street ...ent of ''[[Letocetum]]'', on the ancient [[Roman road]] known as [[Watling Street]], now overlaid by the A5.
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• Long Melford
  The parish also includes the hamlets of [[Bridge Street, Suffolk|Bridge Street]] and [[Cuckoo Tye]]. [[Bury St Edmunds]] is about 14 miles to the north; The name 'Melford' is from 'Mill-ford', the ford here crossing the Chad Brook, a tributary of the River Stour. It is 'Long'
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• Kersey
  |picture caption=Kersey ford ...which it joins half a mile downstream) and the main street of Kersey has a ford across the stream.
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• Lancing
  ...on]]) also ran through modern North Lancing (along the Street) down to the ford. ...owever one example is a central former farmhouse, which is now a home in a street named Monks Farm Presbytery.<ref>{{NHLE|1353734|Monks Farm Presbytery}}</re
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• Kentmere
  ...rt of the valley is available by way of the [[Roman road]] known as [[High Street]], running today as a bridleway over Nan Bield Pass, from Troutbeck over Ga In Crookebeck ford he felt the wound,
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• Yorkshire Wolds
  ...lnshire Wolds]] to the south. In Roman times the estuary was crossed by a ford.<ref name=Waites/> The [[Humber Bridge]] now spans the estuary. ...sites on the Wolds at Rudston, Harpham, Brantingham, Welton and Wharram-le-Street.<ref name=arch/>
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• West Kilbride
  ...age hall. Music, stalls and children's fairground rides are set up on Main Street and adjoining Glen Road, which are closed to traffic for the evening. ...also belonging to the Church of Scotland, is located at the top of Ritchie Street. It is a red sandstone building with a working bell tower. [http://www.over
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• Carnwath
  ...watercourses. The name is from the Gaelic ''A' Chathair Nuadh'', meaning "Ford of the cairn"<ref name="gaze"/>) The village has a population of approximat ...its very prominent position, especially when seen when approaching on Main Street from the west, at right angles to the main road. Rabbie Burns was reputed t
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• Reading Abbey
  ...=Ford, David Nash |year=2001 |work=Royal Berkshire History |publisher=Nash Ford Publishing |accessdate=28 December 2010}}</ref> ...=Ford, David Nash |year=2001 |work=Royal Berkshire History |publisher=Nash Ford Publishing |accessdate=28 December 2010}}</ref>
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• London Bridge
  ...ed the location of London itself. The alignment of Watling Street with the ford at Westminster (crossed by way of [[Thorney Island, Middlesex|Thorney Islan ...d]]s now known as [[Stane Street (Chichester)|Stane Street]] and [[Watling Street]] (now the A2). The first Roman provincial capital was at ''Camulodunum'' (
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• Marykirk
  |picture=Marykirk High Street after Floods.JPG |picture caption=Marykirk High Street
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• Larbert
  |picture caption= The Main Street of Larbert ...lement of [[Camelon]]. The bridge was constructed in 1893 on the site of a ford, which could rarely be used when the river was in full flow.<ref>McIntosh (
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• Alford, Aberdeenshire
  |picture=Main Street, Alford - geograph.org.uk - 288309.jpg |picture caption= Main Street, Alford
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• Riccarton
  ...to fill up part of the river bed when its course was changed at East Shaw Street, and this area though north of the Irvine still lies in Riccarton parish.<r ===Death at Riccarton's Nether ford===
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• South Ockendon
  ...a major commuter route between [[Southend-on-Sea|Southend]] and Fenchurch Street via [[Barking]]. ...st 150 jobs were lost. The majority of the 150 accepted transfers to other Ford or ancillery sites around Essex. The 'Aveley' plant was situated along and
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• Crossford, Fife
  |picture caption=Crrossford Main Street ...e]], east of [[Cairneyhill]], astride the A994 (known in Crossford as Main Street). It is two miles north of the [[Firth of Forth]] and seventeen miles from
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• Annitsford
  ...9 when the old terraced streets of Jubilee Terrace, Jackson Street and Lee Street were demolished and the residents moved into new local authority built hous ...urn which flows through the village. (The village is known locally as "The Ford".)
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• Broomhaugh
  ..."The Street", which runs down to a former ford across the River Tyne. The Street follows the line of a former drovers' road down which cattle were driven fr
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• Ballina
  |picture caption= Pearse Street, Ballina ...he town's name is from the Irish ''Béal an Átha'', meaning "mouth of the ford".
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• Athy
  ...lin]]. Its name is from the Irish ''Baile Átha Í'', meaning "town of the ford of Ae". ...led on the river crossing, thus giving the town its name "the town of Ae's ford". The earliest maps show development on the river Barrow i the area, Ptolem
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• Westnewton, Cumberland
  ...one side by the Swan Inn and on the other by the Queen’s Head inn at the ford (now Raeburn House). One or two houses of quality were built at this end (B ...at deal to the character of the village, flowing mostly alongside the main street between grassy banks. The bridges crossing the Beck to serve the properties
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• Dunster
  ...r Draitou'' is named as one of the 28 cities of Britain.<ref name=nashford>Ford, David Nash. "[http://www.britannia.com/history/ebk/articles/nenniuscities. ...sdate=7 January 2010}}</ref> It was restored in 1875–77 by George Edmund Street. The church has a cruciform plan with a central four-stage tower, built in
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• Etal
  ...stle currently owned by [[English Heritage]]. It has just one residential street, and has a population of less than fifty. ...majority of the buildings in the village are traditional and are owned by Ford & Etal Estates. Also there is Northumberland's only thatched pub (The Black
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• Red House, Bexleyheath
  ...t Ormond Street, just along the road from Webb's office, at 7 Great Ormond Street.{{sfnm|1a1=Mackail|1y=1901|1p=139|2a1=MacCarthy|2y=1994|2p=156}} However, a ...all, Faulkner & Co., with six other partners: Burne-Jones, Rossetti, Webb, Ford Madox Brown, Charles Faulkner, and Peter Paul Marshall. Operating from a pr
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• Stanwell
  ...nwell and rented Knyvett House on the site of what later became 10 Downing Street, Westminster.]] ...hat it means 'stone well' in turn referring to stony soil or the adjoining street to the south. The first few letters of the name are the same as in the name
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• Treforest
  |picture=Treforest, Park Street.jpg |picture caption=Park Street
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• Malahide
  ...ssibly derived from the Irish "Baile Átha Thíd" meaning "the town of the ford of Thíd".<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/17019.aspx Placenames Database of Ire ...ell, St Sylvester's, on the old main street (Old Street, previously Chapel Street), which used to have a "pattern" to ''Our Lady'' each 15 August.
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• Westminster Abbey
  ...er Abbey London 900px.jpg|Great West Door and towers, as seen from Tothill Street ...993) ''Living and Dying in England 1100–1540: The Monastic Experience'', Ford Lecture series, Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-820161-3
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• Dalry, Ayrshire
  ...Ford house.JPG|thumb|200px|The old Dalry Cottage Hospital by the Rye Water Ford.]] [[File:Rye Water Ford, Dalry.JPG|right|thumb|200px|The Rye Water Ford, a rare survival in Ayrshire.]]
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• West Stockwith
  ...ld English ''wudu'' "wood", the second element here is Old Norse ''wath'' "ford, river crossing", as seen in [[Wath upon Dearne]]. The first element is les Today West Stockwith is a village with one main street and a few side roads, one cul-de-sac of ex-farm-workers villas and another
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• Ardee
  |picture=Ardee - Market Street.jpg |picture caption=View north along Market Street,<br/>from the battlements of Ardee Castle
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• Catford
  ...tes from all black cats, associated with witchcraft, being thrown into the ford to drown during the witch hunts. ...place needed. No offence meant: this southward extension of Lewisham High Street badly wanted stiffening. Now there is a punchy concrete focus (`you know, t
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• River Sence
  ...nd [[Coalville]] in the north-east to [[Hinckley]] and almost to [[Watling Street]] in the south and south-west. It is part of the wider [[River Trent]] bas ...known person called Lovatt: it may be from the Old British language. The ford here is at least 1000 years old,<ref>Gillian Adams et al. [2000], p.19</ref
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• Great Wishford
  ...r Wylye]] and has a triangular street layout comprising South Street, West Street and Station Road. ...evolved over the years, with recorded names including Wicheford (meaning a ford where wych-elms grow), Witford, Willesford Magna (mid-16th century) and Wis
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• Pensford
  [[File:Pensford High Street, from lock-up.jpg|upright|thumb|250px|High Street]] ...to mean 'The animal pens by the ford' from the Old English ''pens'' and ''ford''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Robinson |first=Stephen |title=Somerset Place Name
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• Hagley
  ...church.<ref>Folkes, J. Homery ''The Victorian Architect and George Edmund Street'' Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaelogical Society. Third Series Vo ....</ref>{{sfn|HHFS staff|2013<!--cattle market-->}} While it has a shopping street and many local services, it is a fundamentally unbalanced community economi
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• Ilchester
  ...should be read as an Old Welsh form of '[[Penselwood]]'<ref name=nashford>Ford, David Nash. "[http://www.britannia.com/history/ebk/articles/nenniuscities. ...tp://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/53016|title=Dominican friary, West Street, Ilchester|work=Somerset Historic Environment Record|publisher=Somerset Cou
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• Portchester
  ...tory of the Britons'' as among the 28 cities of Britain.<ref name=nashford>Ford, David Nash. "[http://www.britannia.com/history/ebk/articles/nenniuscities. ...essdate=28 July 2016}}</ref> There are also many historic houses in Castle Street. This suburb is well placed for waterfront leisure activities, only a short
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• Wixford
  ...the Old English personal name Whitlac with the noun for a river crossing "ford".<ref>Place Names in the Landscape, Margaret Gelling, 1984 ISBN 0-460-04380 ...Castle are half a mile north of the village and the Roman road [[Icknield Street]] runs very close by.
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• Bidford-on-Avon
  |picture caption = The main street in Bidford-on-Avon ...ord, (Byda's Ford) now replaced by a narrow stone bridge, on the [[Ryknild Street]] [[Roman road]], now a minor country road to [[Honeybourne]] four miles to
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• Pennymuir Roman Camps
  ...nd]]. The site, alongside the course of the [[Roman road]] known as [[Dere Street]], consists of the remains of four Roman temporary camps, a linear earthwor ...].<ref name=rc2>{{canmore|83741|Pennymuir Towford; Pennymuir, Camp A; Dere Street}}</ref> These two were first recorded in 1774 by William Roy.<ref name=rc2/
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• Atherton
  |picture=Market Street, Atherton.jpg |picture caption=Market Street
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• Middleton Cheney
  ...he Pre-Raphaelite artists William Morris, Philip Webb, Edward Burne-Jones, Ford Madox Brown and Simeon Solomon and made by Morris & Co. There are also mosa ...apel is not known, but may have been in the Baptist burial ground in Queen Street.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://middletoncheney.org/the-baptist-curch/ |title=
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• Ordsall, Lancashire
  ...it navigable there was an ancient paved ford at Ordsall known as 'Woden's Ford' and nearby, in a lane leading to Ordsall Hall, was a cave known as 'Woden' <blockquote>Worden's or Woden's Ford is a paved causeway across the River Irwell from Hulme-field, where Medlock
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• Blaydon-on-Tyne
  ===Battle of Stella Ford=== ...1640, 20,000 Scots defeated 5,500 English soldiers who were defending the ford over the Tyne four miles west of Newcastle.<ref name=Charleton>{{cite book
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• Sutton, Bedfordshire
  |picture=High Street, Sutton, Beds - geograph.org.uk - 174995.jpg |picture caption=High Street
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• Thorney Island, Middlesex
  ...may have been part of a natural ford where what was later called [[Watling Street]] crossed the Thames,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Loftie's Historic London (r ...nster, London SW1 - geograph.org.uk - 740624.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Thorney Street Westminster]]
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• Broadford, County Clare
  |picture=Main Street, Broadford - geograph.org.uk - 1251878.jpg |picture caption=Main Street, Broadford
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• Broughton, Salford
  ...the meandering [[River Irwell]]. To the west of this township, close to a ford across the Irwell, lay the hamlet of Broughton. The Manor of Broughton was ...miah Horrocks And The Transit of Venus]</ref> In June 2004 a commemorative street nameplate in memory of William Crabtree was unveiled at the junction of Low
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• Milford on Sea
  ...Milford on Sea High Street - geograph.org.uk - 356755.jpg|thumb|250px|High Street]] ...census), Milford has a variety of shops, restaurants and pubs in its high street, which borders the village green.
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• Broadstone, Dublin
  ...t, the R101 North Circular Road to the north, and Dorset Street and Bolton Street to the south-east. The name of today is descriptive of a ford crossing place over the Bradogue, a tributary stream of the [[River Liffey]
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• Somerford, Hampshire
  Somerford was named after a ford over the River Mude which was only passable in summertime. Its approximate ...e to Christchurch Priory. The manor included the hamlets of Bure, Chewton, Street, [[Stanpit]], Hoburne and Clive ([[Highcliffe]]). The manor formed the gran
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• Wickford
  ...own, serving the City of London through its direct connection to Liverpool Street station on the Southend Victoria line, on which a train to London takes app Wickford's main high street includes a range of shops. A swimming pool, a library, an open-air market a
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• Wilsford, Lincolnshire
  ...ham]]. Some 22 acres of the north-eastern part of the village, along Main Street, form a mainly residential conservation area.<ref name=WConA>[http://www.li ...ge stands just off the route of the major [[Roman road]] known as [[Ermine Street]]. The parish of [[Ancaster, Lincolnshire|Ancaster]] lies to the north-west
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• Sandford-on-Thames
  In 1086 the [[Domesday Book]] counted 18 families as living by the sandy ford over the [[Thames]] between [[Iffley]] and [[Radley]]. Six hundred years la * [http://www.sandfordonthames.co.uk/pcouncil/stplan.htm Street Plan of Sandford-on-Thames]
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• Thames Ditton Island
  ...a group of three islands by the riverside at the end of the historic main street of [[Thames Ditton]] in [[Surrey]], on the [[Kingston upon Thames|Kingston] ...blic slipway where the river is wide, and at low tide straight through the ford to the other side. When the tide was in, ferrymen would charge a groat or t
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• Fitzwilliam Museum
  |picture caption=The Fitzwilliam Museum from Trumpington Street ...versity of Cambridge]], located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central [[Cambridge]]. It receives around 470,000 visitors annually (201
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• Chelsea Bridge
  ...k. There have been two Chelsea Bridges, on the site of what was an ancient ford. It is today a Grade II listed structure.<ref>{{NHLE|1393009|Chelsea Bridge ...Battersea fields, about {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} east of the developed street of the prosperous farming village of [[Battersea]].{{sfn|Cookson|2006|p=130
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• Scarriff
  ...Irish "scarbh", which may mean either a shallow, a rocky shore or a rough ford. ...carriff had 120 houses, as well as oil and flour mills. There was one main street running up from the river. The small market town is popular with anglers wh
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• Athenry
  ...own wall, [[Athenry Castle]], its priory and its 13th-century Anglo-Norman street-plan. The town is also well known by virtue of the song "The Fields of Athe ...inaccurate explanations are still given, it was called 'Áth na Ríogh' ('Ford of the Kings') because it was the home area of the Cenél nDéigill, kings
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• Ballinrobe
  ...bbage were sold on Abbey Street; poultry on Glebe Street; calves on Bridge Street; and cloth, flannel, woollen socks, lace, wheat, oats, and barley outside t ...removed in 1960, and is situated at the corner of Bowgate Street and Main Street.<ref>The Abandoned Mansions of Ireland 11 : More Portraits of Forgotten Sta
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• Celbridge
  ...most of the town's services and amenities still centre on the single main street. ...ation or to Grand Canal Dock (via Connolly Station, Tara Street and Pearse Street stations). The station is located on one of the most important ''InterCity'
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• Urlingford
  ...nty Tipperary]]. Its name is from the Irish ''Áth na nUrlainn'', meaning 'Ford of the slaughter'.<ref name=logainmUrlingford/> The Irish name ''Áth na nUrlainn'' means "ford of the slaughter" and has been anglicised as ''Aghnenurlin'', ''Aghnenoorli
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• Victoria and Albert Museum
  ....</ref> Sir George Gilbert Scott, John Loughborough Pearson, George Edmund Street, Richard Norman Shaw, Alfred Waterhouse, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Charles Rennie *The parlour from 2 Henrietta Street, London, dated 1727–28, designed by James Gibbs
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• Lea Valley Walk
  ...ough Hertford town centre, past [[Hertford Castle]], it follows Maidenhead Street and Bull Plain to rejoin the River Lea. Heading towards Old Ford Lock the path links to the [[Capital Ring]] walk and then passing under The
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• Northfield
  ...known as the Upper Saltway (part of the historic [[Icknield Street|Ryknild Street]]), because it was one of the routes used to transport salt extracted from ...rthfield, Route 70 (Navigation Street to Rednal) and Route 71 (Navigation Street to Rubery) were closed down on 5 July 1952. Eventually, over a number of ye
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• Luguualium
  ...''Historia Brittonum'', who calls it ''Cair Ligualid'',<ref name=nashford>Ford, David Nash. "[http://www.britannia.com/history/ebk/articles/nenniuscities. ...2. The settlement formed part of the northern leg of the Roman-era Watling Street. Following the fort's demolition around 103, a second timber fort was const
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• Becontree
  ...ndustrial and very little commercial development until the May & Baker and Ford Dagenham sites opened nearby, and a shopping area was built at Heathway. ...ut Dagenham Urban District Council tried to make up for the lack of a high street by creating a commercial centre along Heathway in 1934.<ref name="London Ea
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• Manchester Town Hall
  ...and grand ceremonial rooms such as the Great Hall which is decorated with Ford Madox Brown's imposing ''Manchester Murals'' illustrating the history of th ...Extension was completed and is connected by two covered bridges over Lloyd Street. The town hall, which was granted Grade I listed building status on 25 Febr
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• Startforth
  ...wes]] and [[Binchester]], crossing the Tees at this point. The paved Roman ford is still visible in the bed of the river when the water is low. ...86 as ''Stradford''. The name means 'street-ford', and refers to the paved ford by which the Roman road crosses through the River Tees.<ref>{{Ekwall|page=4
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• Cranford, Middlesex
  The name of the village is from the Old English ''cran-ford'',meaning 'crane ford' (in which 'crane' may be the bird known by that name today or a heron).<r ...f. By the 13th century, the main area of Cranford Park and House, the High Street and Bath Road had been given to the Knights Templar, who were succeeded by
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• Duffield
  ...he ford across which the caravans of lead from Wirksworth joined [[Rykneld Street]] at Derby, en route for the North Sea ports, though this is disputed. ...managers in larger houses further along the main road and further up King Street and Hazlewood Road.
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