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of Southport, GG19ac., pop. 3908; P.O., T.O.; 14 mile
N. of vil. is Formby Hall.

Formby Point, headland, on coast of SAV. Lanca-
shire, 3 miles SAV. of Formby; 34 miles SAV. is a light-
vessel, with revolving light (Formby) seen 11 miles.

Formosa, seat, on island in river Thames, NE. border
of Berks, 2 miles NE. of Maidenhead.

Formoyle, par., bar. Coleraine, co. Londonderry,
4269 ac., pop. 660.

Forncett, vil. with ry. sta., St Mary and St Peter
Forncett pars., S. Norfolk, 74 miles SE. of AVymond-
ham;
P.O.—St Mary Forncett, 728 ac., pop. 275; St
Peter Forncett, 1828 ac., pop. 616 ;
P.O.

Forncth, seat, on Loch of Clunie, 4| miles AV. of
Blairgowrie, Perthshire;
P.O.

Fornham, All Saints, par., AV. Suffolk, 2 miles
NAV. of Bury St Edmunds, 1698 ac., pop. 424;
P.O.

Fornham, St Genevcve, par., AV. Suffolk, 3 miles
NAV. of Bury St Edmunds, 790 ac., pop. 95; contains
Fornham House.

Fornham, St Martin, par., AV. Suffolk, 14 mile N.
of Bury St Edmunds, 1230 ac., pop. 310; P.O.; con-
tains Fornham Park.

Fornighty, or Fornoughty, Banff."' See Farnachty.

Forrabury, coast par. and hamlet, E. Cornwall, 5
miles NAV. of Camelford, 508 ac., pop. 304; the par.
contains part of the vil. of Boscastle.

Forres, pari, and royal burgh, market town, and
par., with ry. sta., NAV. Elginshire, on river Findhorn,
2 miles from its mouth, 12 miles AV. of Elgin, 25 NE.
of Inverness, and 556 NAV. of London—par., 5440 ac.,
pop. 4752; royal burgh, pop. 3110; pari, burgh and
town, pop. 4030;
P.O., T.O., 4 Banks, 1 newspaper.
Market-day,
Tuesday. Forres stands on an old sea
terrace at the base of the Cluny Hills; and its sheltered
situation and dry soil render it one of the healthiest
places in Scotland. It has a few small industrial
establishments, including a woollen manufactory and
a chemical work; and its sta., on the Highland By., is
at the junction of the Inverness, Perth, and Keith sec-
tions of the system. Forres Castle, which stood on
Castle Hill, to the AV. of the town, was a residence of the
early Scottish kings; it was also for 300 years the official
residence of the sheriffs Of Moray. About 14 mile E. of
the town is Forres Pillar, or Sueno’s Stone, one of those
sculptured monuments peculiar to the NE. of Scotland.
Forres and its neighbourhood is the scene of great
part of Shakespeare’s tragedy of
Macbeth. On the
S. slope of Cluny Hill is a hydropathic; 14 mile from
the town is New Forres, vil. Forres unites with In-
verness, Fortrose, and Nairn in returning 1 member to
Parliament.

Forrestficld, ry. sta., on NE. border of Lanarkshire,
6g miles E. of Airdrie and 8 miles AV. of Bathgate.

Fors Noddyn, romantic ravine on river Conway, E.
border of Carnarvonshire, 1 mile SE. of Bettws-y-coed.

Forsa, rivulet, Torosaypar., Mull island, Argyllshire;
flows NAY. through Glen Forsa to the Sound of Mull at
Pennygown ; is 64 m. long, and has salmon and trout.

Forsbrook, eccl. dist. and vil., Dilhorne and Stone
pars., N. Staffordshire—dist., pop. 1073; vil., 3 miles
SAY. of Cheadle.

Forscote (or Foxcote), par., E. Somerset, 64 miles
SAY. of Bath, 580 ac., pop. 61.

Forse, fishing hamlet with inn, Latheron par., Caith-
ness, 2 miles SAY. of Lybster; 24 miles AY. of Lybster
is Forse Honse.

Forsham, hamlet, Rolvenden par., mid. Kent, 2
miles SAY. of Tenterden.

Forshaw, school, on AY. border of AVarwickshire, 6
miles NAY. of Henley in Arden.

Forsinard, ry. sta. and inn, Reay par., Sutherland,
24£ m. NAY. of Helmsdale and 35| m. SAY. of AVick; p. o.

Forss, seat, on Forss AYater, 1 mile from its mouth,
in par. and 54 miles AY. of Thurso, Caithness; p.o.;
Forss Water issues from Loch Shurrery, and flows 12
miles N. to the sea at Crosskirk Bay.

Forstall, hamlet, Boxley par., mid. Kent.

Forsters Booth, hamlet, 44 miles NAY. of Towcester,
S. Northamptonshire.

Forston, hamlet, Charminster par., Dorset, 3 miles
NAY. of Dorchester; in vicinity is Forston House.

Fort Albert, fort, Alderney, Channel Islands.


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