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Ford in Northumberland County England History and GeographyFORD, a parish in the western division of GLENDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 9 miles (N.N.W.) from Wooler, containing 1807 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham, rated in the king's books at £24, and in the patronage of the Marquis of Waterford. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. There are places of worship for Baptists and Presbyterians. The parish contains a considerable quantity of coal, limestone, freestone, whin stone, and slate. About seventy children are educated in a charity school, of whom thirteen boys and thirteen girls are clothed at the expense of the Marquis of Waterford. There are several other schools in the parish. On the western side of the village is Ford castle, erected in 1287, by Sir William Heron, and rebuilt by the late Lord Delaval: two towers, the remains of the former castle, are retained in the present structure. This castle was demolished by the Scots in 1385, under the earls of Fife, March, and Douglas; and, prior to the battle of Flodden, it was captured by King James' troops. In 1549, it was again taken by the Scots, who demolished a great part of it. Courts leet and baron are held annually about Easter, for the recovery of small debts, at which the steward of the manor presides. Floddon-field, in this parish, was the scene of the celebrated battle fought on the 9th of September, 1513, by the Scotch under King James IV., and the English commanded by the Earl of Surrey, in which the former were defeated, and their king slain. The top of the hill is now covered with fir trees. As some workmen were digging in a field near Floddon, in 1810, they discovered a large pit filled with human bones. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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