Talk:Old Ford

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Grief, better do something about this before someone VfDs it. Nice canal walk down there, and I'd like to know where that railway station was too. Tarquin Binary 18:05, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That ford ...

The sources on the ford are confusing ...

some appear to say that the Roman Rd moved to Stratforde (Bow).
others imply that old ford was in use until Matilda fell in the water

I wrote and then changed it once today, but don't want to vacillate anymore. It makes sense that Stratforde made reference to a roman road approaching the bridge, but I have an alternative theory - there was no ford there, but the paved road referred to the causeway across the marsh. Anyone want to chip in? Anyone got a definitive reference that clears up my confusion? cheers Kbthompson 17:27, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, it's settled Stratforde didn't exist as a settlement until 1177; therefore it follows the bridge, and if a ford had been there, there would have been an earlier settlement, ergo Old Ford the main crossing point until after 1118 (date bridge completed). Kbthompson 12:45, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Move

I've just merged Old Ford (Middle-earth) into Minor places in Middle-earth, so now the main "Old Ford" article space is virtually free. if there's no other Old Fords in the world, I suppose it would be better to move the present article to the main namespace (with a hatnote linking to Middle-earth redirect). Súrendil 22:01, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's been done, there was also a request on the disambig page - only took a year! Kbthompson (talk) 09:41, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]