Locks Cottage, Ford
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Locks Cottage, Ford by Simon Carey as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Locks Cottage, Ford
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 21 Mar 2008
Originally a pair of cottages built in 1820 for the lock keeper on the Portsmouth-Arundel canal. The bump in the road and the cottage's garden indicates the route taken by the canal. Prior to the construction of the cottages no buildings stood near the church (seen at the end of the lane) the village having lost most its population and buildings by the 17th century and by 1801 only 8 houses existed in the parish as a whole. However, the coming of the canal, then railway, then airfield has increased the population. A row of houses built in 1938 along Ford Road near the current prison was to be the start of another large housing estate but war then tougher planning laws halted that growth though plans to convert the airfield into a 5000 house eco-village are currently being investigated.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
50.824094
Longitude
-0.579068