Ford, Derbyshire

Ford
Ford
	House in Ford
	Ford Location within Derbyshire
District	North East Derbyshire;
Shire county	Derbyshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHEFFIELD
Postcode district	S12
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
	List of places UK England Derbyshire 53°19′52″N 1°23′49″W / 53.331°N 1.397°W

Ford is a hamlet in North East Derbyshire in the county of Derbyshire in England.

Location

Ford is just south of the South Yorkshire border, around five miles south-east of Sheffield City Centre, and a mile south of the village of Ridgeway. There is a dam there.

The hamlet alongside Ridgeway village is estimated to be around 700–800 years old, and would once have been part of Sherwood Forest.

The Ford Farm building is estimated to have been built around 1750, and is grade-II listed.

The Bridge Inn pub was opened in 1854, and continues to operate in the hamlet.^[1]

The hamlet of Birley Hay which lies to the west of Ford has s a number of listed buildings and farm outhouses.

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