Stanford (the stony ford)
Description of this historic site
The site of a ford dating to the Early Medieval period and known from documentary evidence. The name Stanford means 'the stony ford' and a stone scatter is visible near the site. It is situated 1km west of the church, Darlingscote.
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Notes about this historic site
1 A lost ford on the west boundary of Longdon mentioned in a charter of AD 757 (though the boundary clause is of later date). In the late 1970s a stone scatter leading from Southfield in Ilmington towards this spot was clearly visible.
2 Map marking site.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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