Ford End is a small village in the parish of Great Waltham halfway between Chelmsford and Great Dunmow in Essex, England, comprising over 150 houses.In 2018 it had an estimated population of 733.Circa 1870, it had a population of 775 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
During World War II, High-frequency direction finding stations, known as “Huff-Duff”, were built in the area as part of an electronic system, a principal goal of which was detection of German submarines in the Battle of the Atlantic.
Ford End was also on the WWII line of defense for invasion called the “General Headquarters Line” from Cambridge to Canvey Island in the Thames Estuary.
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Pretty much my home training ground