Fordstown

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Hierarchy

townland

Fordstown

(English)

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Hierarchy

county

An Mhí/Meath

barony

Maigh Fionnráithe Íochtarach/Moyfenrath Lower

civil parish

Ráth Moliain/Rathmolyon

electoral division

Ráth Moliain/Rathmolyon

Centrepoint

53.468, -6.84716latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1540c	Fordeston Villata de Jorda[n]ston … Wm. Dyxon … <br> Baconston, Ramston et Jordanston <br> Liberi tenentes : Et quod Jacob. Whyte … in Tromman … <br> Pat. Barnwell … ibidem … <br> Thomas Lenam tenet libere … Tupertinam <br> Et quod Johannes Ferrell tenet in Fordeston in iure Katherine uxoris … <br> Ardenewe Crown Survey 114	Crown Surv. Crown Surveys of Lands 1540-41 with the Kildare Rental Begun in 1518 ed. Gearóid Mac Niocaill (Dublin, 1992) Pubref: Irish Manuscripts Commission
1550	Fordeston	CPCR Calendar of the Patent and Close Rolls of Chancery in Ireland, vol. 1-3 Údar: J. Morrin , Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1598	Foordston Hamlen of Smythston Cromp of Muchalton Foord of Foordston Lynch of the knock Eliot of Baliesko Russell of Cookeston Telines of Telinston Descr. Ir. 101	Descr. Ir. Hogan, Edmund. The Description of Ireland, and the State thereof as it is at this Present, in anno 1598. Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, 1878. Bliain foilsithe: 1878, Údar: E. Hogan, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
1616	Fordstowne Patric' Lynche nup de Knock in co' Mid' ... 47 1/2 acr in Readestowne ... 80 acr arrabil in Freffans ... 60 acr arrabil in Clonecorre, Fordstowne & Ardnone, 24acr in Athboy, & 1 dom & 12 acr in Trime Inq. JI 16
1654	Pourdstowne, Poordstowne Cloonecurr & Poordstowne. Hogistowne & Pourdstowne, Cloonecurr & Pourdstowne 176	CS V Civil Survey V, Co. Meath (ed. Simington, 1940) Bliain: 1654
1655-7	Lynams Fords Towne	DS(TCD) Down Survey Barony Maps-(Leagan ar líne atá ag Coláiste na Trionóide)/Down Survey Barony Maps-(Online copy by Trinity College) Pubref: http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#c=Sligo
1655-7	Lynch his Fordstowne, Linehams Foordstowne	DS (P, TCD) #29276 [DS (par. TCD)] Down Survey Parish Maps-(Leagan ar líne atá ag Coláiste na Trionóide)/Down Survey Parish Maps-(Online copy by Trinity College)
1671	Powderstowne als. Lineham's-Ferdstowne, Lynche's-Ferdstowne THOMAS EVANS.-Powderstowne alias Lineham’s-Ferdstowne, 50a—Lynche’s-Ferdstowne 41 a.—in Gilbertstowne, 19 a.—Ardenow, 171 a.— Clonycurry (part), 89a.—Cloncowan, 97a…bar. Moyfenragh… ASE 229	ASE Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1812 (1817)	Fordstown	Larkin (Mí) A Map of the County of Meath in the Province of Leinster in Ireland by William Larkin Bliain foilsithe: 1812
1825	Fordstown	TAB Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1836	Fordstown	Larkin (Mí):AL Leathanach: Mí097,24 Foinse in AL
1836	Fordstown	Grand Warrant 1829:AL Leathanach: Mí097,24 Foinse in AL
1836	Powerstown otherwise Fordstown	Grand Warrant 1829:AL Leathanach: Mí097,24 Foinse in AL
1836	Powerstown otherwise Fordstown	GJ Warrant 1835:AL Leathanach: Mí097,24 Foinse in AL
1836	Fordstown	HCSV:AL Leathanach: Mí097,24 High Commission Survey & Valuation Report 1824 Bliain: 1824
1836	Powerstown alias Fordstown	HCSV:AL Leathanach: Mí097,24 High Commission Survey & Valuation Report 1824 Bliain: 1824
1836	Foordstowne	DS Ref.:AL Leathanach: Mí097,24 DS (reference), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook:AL
1836	Fordstowne	DS Map:AL Leathanach: Mí097,24 Down Survey, foinse in AL (Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook).
1836	Pourdstowne	DS Ref.:AL Leathanach: Mí097,24 DS (reference), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook:AL
1836	Foordstowne	DS Map:AL Leathanach: Mí097,24 Down Survey, foinse in AL (Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook).
1836	Feordestown	Inq. Eliz. I:AL Leathanach: Mí097,24 Foinse in AL
1836	Powerston	Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: Mí097,24 Inquisition de chuid aimsir Charles I in AL Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1836	Ford, a family name	OD:AL Leathanach: Mí097,24 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1836	Fordstown	OD:AL Leathanach: Mí097,24 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1836	Fordstown	BS:AL Leathanach: Mí097,24 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830

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