Article from 1900 Ford is a small, triangular-shaped parish on
the western bank of the Arun, about three miles south-south-west
of Arundel and within three miles of the sea. It is bounded oil
the north by Binsted, on the east by Tortington (from which a
small brook, taking its rise in Binsted, separates it) and
Lyminster on the opposite side of the Arm ; to the southward
lies what must be regarded as the mother-parish of Clymping,
while to the Westward is the populous parish of Yapton, now for
some years ecclesiastically united to Ford. In spite of its
nearness to the important railway junction of the same name,
Ford remains a very quiet little place, consisting of a few
scattered cottages and three large old farm houses-one only,
Ford Douse, of airy architectural pretensions. The name of the
place explains itself. Probably there has been a ford, or ferry,
across the Arun at this particular point,1 and a settlement of
some sort "at the Ford," from time immemorial. For the ford
commanded the ancient coast road