The hamlet alongside Ridgeway village is estimated to be around 700–800 years old, and would once have been part of Sherwood Forest.

The Ford Farm building is estimated to have been built around 1750, and is grade-II listed.

The Bridge Inn pub was opened in 1854, and continues to operate in the hamlet.

[1] The hamlet of Birley Hay which lies to the west of Ford has s a number of listed buildings and farm outhouses.

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