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UK Place Names Ending in "-ford"

Hundreds of UK settlements end in "-ford" (indicating a river crossing). Examples by county:

Berkshire: Stanford Dingley, Stanford in the Vale
Cambridgeshire: Little Thetford, Over
Cornwall: Blackford
Cumbria: Sandford (near Shap), Sandford (near Thursby)
Derbyshire: Brailsford
Devon: Blackford, Bradford, Langford Budville
Dorset: Bradford Peverell, Broadmayne, Charminster, Durweston, Fordington, Langton Herring, Marnhull, Pamphill, Sydling St Nicholas, Uploders, Winterborne Kingston
Durham: Brancepeth, Burnhope, Consett, Crook, Ebchester, Frosterley, Lanchester, Lintzford, Newton Aycliffe, Oxhill, Peth, Redworth, Sedgefield, Staindrop, Stanley, Stanhope, Stockton-on-Tees, Thickley, Trimdon, Wolsingham
East Riding of Yorkshire: Barmby on the Marsh, Burton Pidsea, Catwick, Easingwold, Ellerker, Foston, Hutton Cranswick, Market Weighton, North Frodingham, Patrington, Rowley, Ruston Parva, Sproatley, Stanford Bridge, Withernwick, Wyton
Essex: Basildon, Benfleet, Billericay, Braintree, Brightlingsea, Buckhurst Hill, Burnham-on-Crouch, Canvey Island, Chelmsford, Chingford, Clacton-on-Sea, Coggeshall, Colchester, Corringham, Dovercourt, Dunmow, Epping, Frinton-on-Sea, Grays, Hadleigh, Halstead, Harlow, Harwich, Heybridge, Horndon on the Hill, Ingatestone, Jaywick, Kelvedon, Laindon, Leigh-on-Sea, Loughton, Maldon, Manningtree, Nazeing, Newport, Ongar, Orsett, Pebmarsh, Pitsea, Rayleigh, Rayne, Rochford, Saffron Walden, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, Stanford-le-Hope, Sudbury, Tendring, Tilbury, Tolleshunt Knights, Tillingham, Tollesbury, Waltham Abbey, Walton-on-the-Naze, Warley, West Mersea, Wivenhoe, Wrabness
Gloucestershire: Ford
Greater London: Bedford Park, Brentford, Chadwell Heath, Chingford, Crayford, Edmonton, Ealing, Feltham, Hainault, Hammersmith, Hanwell, Hayes, Hillingdon, Ilford, Kensington, Leyton, Northolt, Orpington, Plumstead, Ruislip, Shepherd's Bush, Stratford, Twickenham, Uxbridge, Wimbledon, Woodford Green
Hampshire: Gosport, New Alresford, Romsey, Southwick
Hertfordshire: Baldock, Bishop's Stortford, Broxbourne, Buntingford, Hatfield, Hertford, Hoddesdon, Letchworth Garden City, Sawbridgeworth, Stevenage, Ware
Isle of Wight: Ryde
Kent: Ashford, Bekesbourne, Benenden, Biddenden, Borden, Boughton, Boughton Malherbe, Boxley, Bredgar, Bridge, Canterbury, Chartham, Chatham, Cheriton, Chilham, Chilton, Cliffe Woods, Cudham, Denton, Ditton, Doddington, Eynsford, Faversham, Fordwich, Frittenden, Gillingham, Goodnestone...