Subject Index

 

Fords

Around 1900 (before the coming of the motor car) fords were common where a road crossed a smaller river. In many cases there was a footbridge for use by pedestrians.

Some examples are shown below.

River Chess at Sarratt

sarratt-ford-coles
hemel-gadebridge-lane-footbridge  

River Gade at Gadebridge, Hemel Hempstead

River Lea at Waterend, Sandridge
(now Wheathampstead)

  waterend-ayot-barns

Page updated February 2009