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Forde may refer to: * Forde (surname) * Forde Abbey, Dorset, England * Forde Inquiry, 1999 report on child abuse presented to the government of Queensland, Australia * Forde, Australian Capital Territory, suburb in Canberra, Australia * Division of Forde, Electoral Division in Queensland, Australia * Forde Ministry, thirty-second Australian Commonwealth ministry, 6–13 July 1945 * Seaforde, a village in County Down, Northern Ireland (named for a family called Forde) See also * Ford (other) * Førde (other) * Fforde Fforde may refer to: * Arthur fforde (1900–1985), British lawyer and businessman * Cecil Fforde (1875–1951), British barrister, judge and diplomat * Jasper Fforde (born 1961), English novelist, son of John * John Fforde (1921–2000), British ...

Forde (surname)
Forde (Gaeilge: ''Mac Giollarnáth'') is an Irish surname derived from a number of Gaeilge families. History The name is popular throughout the four Provinces of Ireland, especially in County Galway, County Leitrim and County Tipperary. Mac Giolla Naomh and Mac Giollarnáth "Mac Giolla Naomh," meaning "son of the devotee of the saints" was an Irish clann / Sept that originated in southern Connemara, Connacht. Over the years, however, "Mac Giolla Naomh," which was incorrectly transcribed as Mac Giollarnáth, and then erroneously translated as Ford (surname) or Forde, from the resemblance of the final syllable to Áth, a Ford (crossing). Mac Consnámha The name Forde also comes from "Mac Consnámha," or "son of the swimming hound." This Connacht Sept was the name of a family in County Leitrim who were formerly chiefs of Muinter Kenny, in the present, Drumahaire (barony). Often, due to translation the surname was referred to as "Mac an Atha," son of the Ford (crossing), and ...
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Forde Abbey
Forde Abbey is a privately owned former Cistercian monastery in Dorset, England, with a postal address in Chard, Somerset. The house and gardens are run as a tourist attraction while the estate is farmed to provide additional revenue. Forde Abbey is a Grade I listed building. History Between 1133 and 1136, wealthy nobleman Richard de Brioniis built a priory on his land at Brightley (meaning "bright" or "clear" pasture) and invited Gilbert, Abbot of Waverley in Surrey, to send 12 monks to form a new Cistercian community there. One story is that the agricultural land surrounding the new priory was insufficiently fertile, forcing the monks to consider returning to the mother house in 1141. However, Adelicia de Brioniis, the sister of Richard and successor to his estate, offered them an alternative site close to the River Axe in the manor of Thorncombe. Here, between 1141 and 1148, they built a new priory which came to be known as "Ford" due to its proximity to an old river crossi ...
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