Ford, Buckinghamshire
Encyclopedia
Ford is a hamlet
in the parish
of Dinton-with-Ford and Upton, in Buckinghamshire
, England
. It is located in the south eastern corner of the main parish.
The place name is Anglo Saxon
in origin and refers simply to the place where a stream crosses the main road via a ford
.
The 16th Century pub in Ford is named after The Dinton Hermit. As well as being an old coaching inn on the main route between Aylesbury and Thame, it is also a building of historical significance. The barn, now converted into hotel bedrooms, is built mostly of 'witchert' - a local material. Starting from a base made of several layers of local stone to prevent damp, a mixture of local clay, which contains limestone, and straw and water is applied in layers and allowed to set hard before the next layer is built.
TRANSPORT - every Wednesday and Friday morning at 10:30 a bus runs from the Dinton Hermit crossroads into Aylesbury, returning at approximately 13:30.
Ford is a village that is commonally mistaken for a hamlet. It is a village because it has an old chapel (which is now being lived in).
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
in the parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
of Dinton-with-Ford and Upton, in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is located in the south eastern corner of the main parish.
The place name is Anglo Saxon
Old English language
Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...
in origin and refers simply to the place where a stream crosses the main road via a ford
Ford (crossing)
A ford is a shallow place with good footing where a river or stream may be crossed by wading or in a vehicle. A ford is mostly a natural phenomenon, in contrast to a low water crossing, which is an artificial bridge that allows crossing a river or stream when water is low.The names of many towns...
.
The 16th Century pub in Ford is named after The Dinton Hermit. As well as being an old coaching inn on the main route between Aylesbury and Thame, it is also a building of historical significance. The barn, now converted into hotel bedrooms, is built mostly of 'witchert' - a local material. Starting from a base made of several layers of local stone to prevent damp, a mixture of local clay, which contains limestone, and straw and water is applied in layers and allowed to set hard before the next layer is built.
TRANSPORT - every Wednesday and Friday morning at 10:30 a bus runs from the Dinton Hermit crossroads into Aylesbury, returning at approximately 13:30.
Ford is a village that is commonally mistaken for a hamlet. It is a village because it has an old chapel (which is now being lived in).