Ford, Wiltshire
Ford | |
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Cottages in Ford | |
Ford Ford shown within Wiltshire | |
OS grid reference | ST841748 |
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Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Chippenham |
Postcode district | SN14 |
Dialling code | 01249 |
Police | Wiltshire |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
EU Parliament | South West England |
UK Parliament | |
Ford is a small village located in the northwest of Wiltshire, England. It had a population of 580 in the 2001 census. The village is situated along the A420 road, 11 miles east of Bristol and 4 miles west of Chippenham.
Ford is the second largest village in the civil parish of North Wraxall,[1] a collection of five settlements which includes Upper Wraxall, North Wraxall, The Shoe (also on the A420) and Mountain Bower. There is a pub called the White Hart, but no other shops.
The Bybrook River flows through the village.
A church of St John was designed by C.E. Ponting in 1896 and converted into a residence in 2001.[2]
References
- ↑ "Wiltshire Community History". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ↑ "Church of St. John, Ford, North Wraxall". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
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