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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ford Forge like this:
FORD-FORGE, a village in Ford parish, Northumberland; on the river Till, about 1½ mile from Ford village. It has a factory of spades and shovels.
Ford Forge is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ford Forge itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ford Forge in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26657
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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