Fordcr.—vil., St Stephen’s par., E. Cornwall, near
Saltash.—2. Forder, hamlet, Stourton par., S. Devon,
5 miles SW. of Okehampton.-—3. Forder, hamlet,
Throwleigh par., E. Devon, 6 m. SE. of Okehampton.

Fordcr Green, hamlet, Broadhempston par., E.
Devon, 5 miles NAY. of Totnes.

Fordhall, hamlet, AVoottonAVawen par., S. AVarwick-
shire, 3 miles NAY. of Henley in Arden.

F'ordhani.—par. and vil. with ry. sta., E. Cambridge-
shire, 5 miles N. of Newmarket, 4050 ac., pop. 1191;

1 mile S. of vil. is the seat of Fordhain Abbey.—2.
Fordhaui, par. and vil., E. Essex, 5 miles NAY. of
Colchester, 2520 ac., pop. 699; P.O.—3. Fordhana,
par., AY. Norfolk, on river Wissey, 24 miles S. of Down-
ham Market, 2204 ac., pop. 180.

Fordhook House, seat, Acton, Middlesex.

Fordingbridge.—market town and par. with ry.
sta., S. Hants, on river Avon, 124 miles S. of Salis-
bury, 6340 ac., pop. 2962; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-
day, Friday; has flax-spinning and mfrs. of canvas.—

2. Fordingbridge, hundred, S. Hants, 16,422 ac., pop.
4100; contains 4 pars, and part of another.

Fordington. — par., liberty, and vil., S. Dorset—
par. (mostly in Dorchester bor.), 2749 ac., pop. 4095;
burghal part, pop. 3824; liberty, 751 ac., pop. 384 ; the
vil. is 4 mile SE. of Dorchester.—2. Fordington,
hamlet, Ulceby par., mid. Lincolnshire, 3 miles SAV.
of Alford sta.

Fordlands, seat, near Exeter, Devon.

Fordley, hamlet, Middleton par., E. Suffolk, 3 miles
NE. of Saxmundham ; in vicinity is Fordley Hall.

Fordon, township, Hunmanby par., East-Riding
Yorkshire, 10 m. NW. of Bridlington, 1464 ac., pop. 57.

Fordonn, par. and ry. sta., Kincardineshire, 3£ miles
NE. of Laurencekirk, 26,869 ac., pop. 1992; P.O., T.O.;
John of Fordoun (14th century), author of the Seoto-
chronicon, was a monk at Fordoun.

Fordsbridge, par., Herefordshire. See Ford.

Fordstown, 3 m. N. of Athboy, N. co. Meath; P.O.

Fordton House, seat, 1 m. S. of Crediton, N. Devon.

Ford wells, hamlet, Asthall par., Oxfordshire, 7
miles N. of Bampton sta.

Fordwich, par., vil., and corporate member of the
Cinque Port of Sandwich, E. Kent, on river Stour,

2 miles NE. of Canterbury—par., 465 ac., pop. 228;
corporate member, pop. 243. Fordwich is an ancient
town, with a charter of time of Henry II. It gives the
title of viscount to Earl Cowper.

Fordyee, par. and vil., Banffshire—par. (containing
town of Portsoy), 17,198 ac., pop. 4289; vil., on Burn
of Fordyee, 24 miles SAY. of Portsoy, pop. 331; P.O. ;
the vil. has been a burgh of barony since 1499; Fordyee
Academy was founded and endowed in 1790; in S.
vicinity of vil. is Fordyee Hill, alt. 580 ft.

Fore.—bar., AV. co. Meath, 42,388 ac.,pop. 6934.—2.
Fore, bar., N. co. Westmeath, 49,081 ac., pop. 8006.—

3. Fore, 3 m. E. of Castlepollard, N. co. AYestmeath; P.O.

Fore Hill, hamlet, Alvechurch par., E. Worcester-
shire, 5 miles NE. of Redditch.

Fore Holsn, island, Sandsting par., Mainland, Shet-
land, near Fore Ness.

Fore Ness, peninsula, Sandsting par., Mainland,
Shetland, between Sand Yoe and Sand Sound Yoe.

Forcbank, part of Hilltown section of Dundee.

Forebridge, eccl. dist., Castle Church par., in co. and
bor. of Stafford, pop. 3374.

Forehoe, hundred, S. Norfolk, 40,397 ac., pop.
12,314; contains 23 pars.

Foreland, North, headland, on NE. coast of Kent,
24 m. SE. of Margate; has lighthouse, 85 ft. high, with
occulting light 188 ft. above high water and seen 19 m.

Foreland, South, headland, on SE. coast of Kent, 3
miles NE. of Dover ; has 2 lighthouses with fixed lights,
372 and 275 ft. above high water, and seen 26 and 23 m.

Foreland, The, headland, on N. coast of Devon, in
Bristol Channel, alt. 689 ft.; off the headland lies
Foreland Ledge, a sandbank, 2 miles long.

Foreland Pinnacles, or Standfast Point, headland,
on coast of Dorset, 6 miles SE. of Poole.

Foreland Point, headland at E. end of Isle of Wight.

Foreman Hill, Aberdeen. See Fourman Hill.

Forcmark, par. and township, in co. and 64 miles
SE. of Derby—par., 2870 ac., pop. 165; township, pop.

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