Milford is a village in the civil parish of Belper, in the Amber Valley district, in the county of Derbyshire, England.

Until the end of the 18th century it was no more than a few houses near the point, about a quarter of a mile further south, where a Roman road from the Wirksworth lead mines forded the river.

It is thought to have then proceeded along the east bank of the river to the Roman garrison of Derventio, in what is now Derby where it connected with Rykneld Street.

[3] The Royal Mint had acquired the rights to Schutz' process in 1568 and set out to restrict its use to the Company of Mineral and Battery Works.

However, the works continued supplying the Belper nail makers among others and by the time Jedediah Strutt bought it, it consisted of two forges and a slitting and rolling mill, occupying both sides the river.

It is generally reckoned to be a corruption of mule forde[4][5] and it is so recorded (briefly) in the Domesday Book when it was owned by Henry de Ferrers.