We often tell potential visitors to Britain and Ireland that you do not have to travel far to find places of interest. Every town and village, and even the countryside, is steeped in history. These countries really are living museums!
Take our own village, Barford, in Warwickshire. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book, but goes back many years before this. The name derived from it’s position on the banks of the River Avon where the river is quite shallow. Hence it was the perfect place to ford the river with your load of barley, or other grain, to take to market at Warwick. ‘Barley Ford’ soon became shortened to Barford.
We have a web site dedicated to the heritage of Barford. I hope you find it as interesting as we do!
