Ford is an area and electoral ward in the borough of
Sefton,
Merseyside
Merseyside ( ) is a ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial and metropolitan county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Greater Manchester to the east, Cheshire to the south, the Wales, Welsh county of Flintshire across ...
, England. The population of Ford taken at the
2011 census was 12,731.
Ford is situated to the east of
Crosby Crosby may refer to:
Places Canada
*Crosby, Ontario, part of the township of Rideau Lakes, Ontario
*Crosby, Ontario, a neighbourhood in the city of Markham, Ontario
England
*Crosby, Cumbria
*Crosby, Lincolnshire
*Crosby, Merseyside
**Crosby (UK P ...
next to
Rimrose Valley
Rimrose Valley is a country park and valley which forms a border between Crosby, Merseyside, Crosby and Litherland in the borough of Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Sefton, Merseyside, England, with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal on its eastern ...
, and north of
Litherland
Litherland is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside. Until 1899 it was within the historic county of Lancashire. It was an urban district, which included Seaforth and Ford. It neighbours Waterloo to the north, Seaforth t ...
and is in the L21 postcode.
History
On 9 November 1905 Ford became a separate
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
, being formed from
Orrell and Ford Orrell may refer to:
*Orrell, Greater Manchester, a district of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
** Orrell (ward), an electoral ward of the Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
*Orrell, Merseyside
Orrell is the name given to a residential area i ...
, on 1 April 1954 the parish was abolished and merged with Litherland. In 1951 the parish had a population of 1392.
References
External links
Liverpool Street Gallery - Liverpool 21MultiMap
Towns and villages in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton
Former civil parishes in Merseyside
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