Forde Abbey
Forde Abbey is a privately owned former Cistercian monastery in Dorset, England. The house and gardens are run as a tourist attraction while the 1,600-acre estate is farmed to provide additional revenue. Forde Abbey is a grade I listed building.- Email: info@fordeabbey.co.uk
- Type: House
- Description: Grade I listed historic house museum in West Dorset, England, UK
- Address: Forde Abbey, Chard, TA20 4LU
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Stephen, Winsham and Parish Church of St Mary.
Church of St Stephen, Winsham
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of St Stephen in Winsham, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. Church of St Stephen, Winsham is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Forde Abbey.
Parish Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of St Mary is situated 1½ miles southeast of Forde Abbey.
Church of St Thomas
Church
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Thomas in Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century and rebuilt in 1868. It is a Grade II* listed building. Church of St Thomas is situated 2½ miles north of Forde Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tatworth and Blackdown.
Tatworth
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tatworth is a village 2 miles south of Chard in the county of Somerset, England. It is within Tatworth and Forton civil parish. Tatworth is a large village, consisting of a number of smaller villages including South Chard, Perry Street and Chard Junction which are close together. Tatworth is situated 2 miles west of Forde Abbey.
Blackdown
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackdown is a village in Broadwindsor parish in the west of Dorset, England, situated on the B3165 road 7 miles west of Beaminster. It had a population of 128 at the 2001 Census. Blackdown is situated 2½ miles southeast of Forde Abbey.
Tytherleigh
Village
Tytherleigh is a village in the civil parish of Chardstock in Devon, England, close to the borders with Dorset and Somerset on the A358 road between the towns of Axminster and Chard. Tytherleigh is situated 2½ miles southwest of Forde Abbey.
Forde Abbey
- Categories: historic house museum, English country house, abbey, castle, building, historic site, and residential building
- Location: Thorncombe, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.84271° or 50° 50′ 34″ northLongitude
-2.91143° or 2° 54′ 41″ westInception
1141Open location code
9C2VR3VQ+3COpenStreetMap ID
way 47189011OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q689615
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Forde Abbey” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Forde Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Forde”
- French: “Abbaye de Forde”
- French: “Forde Abbey”
- German: “Forde Abbey”
- Italian: “Forde Abbey”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forde Abbey”
- Norwegian: “Forde Abbey”
- Portuguese: “Forde Abbey”
- Turkish: “Forde Abbey”
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