Ford is a trim estate village rebuilt in the 1860s by Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford, who had inherited the surrounding lands. Her lasting mark is Lady Waterford Hall, the former village school, whose walls she covered over some twenty years with large biblical murals, using her tenants and their children as models. It’s open to visitors daily. Ford pairs naturally with neighbouring Etal, the two making up the Ford & Etal estate.
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