Fordbridge

Town and civil parish in West Midlands, England

Town in England
  • Fordbridge
Metropolitan boroughShire county
  • Warwickshire
Metropolitan county
  • West Midlands
Region
  • West Midlands
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townSOLIHULLPostcode districtB37Dialling code0121PoliceWest MidlandsFireWest MidlandsAmbulanceWest Midlands UK Parliament
  • Meriden and Solihull East
List of places
UK
England
West Midlands
52°29′02″N 1°44′56″W / 52.484°N 1.749°W / 52.484; -1.749
Meriden Park Lake, Fordbridge

Fordbridge is a town[1] and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands, England. It is 8 miles (13 km) east of Birmingham. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 8,749.[2] Fordbridge lies within the historic county of Warwickshire.

Etymology

Fordbridge gets its name from the crossing over the River Cole on Cooks Lane, which was referred to as "Ford Bridge" on 19th century OS maps.[3] This name suggests this site was previously a ford, but eventually a bridge was built on the site of that ford, thus giving the bridge and ultimately the civil parish its name.

Transport

The closest railway station to the town is Marston Green.

References

  1. ^ "Fordbridge Town Council". www.fordbridge.org.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Warwickshire XV.NW (includes: Coleshill.)". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

External links

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