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Orford Castle Keep
Orford may refer to: Places * Orford, Cheshire, a suburb of Warrington, England * Orford, Suffolk, England ** Orford Castle ** Orford Ness ** Orford (UK Parliament constituency) * Orford, Quebec, in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada ** Mont Orford, a ski resort in Quebec, Canada ** Orford (electoral district) * Orford, Ontario, a township in Kent County * Orford, New Hampshire, United States * Port Orford, Oregon, United States * Orford, Tasmania, Australia * Orford, Victoria, Australia Other uses * Orford Copper Company, forerunner of Vale Limited * ''Orford'' (painting), an 1833 landscape painting by Clarkson Stanfield * Orford (surname) * Earl of Orford, a title in the Peerage of England, including most notably: ** Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford (1653–1727), English naval officer and First Lord of the Admiralty ** Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1676–1745), first Prime Minister of Great Britain ** Horace Walpole Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orford, Cheshire
Orford is a suburb of Warrington, in the Warrington district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Originally a small area north of the township of Warrington, it is now a large area between the town centre and the M62, incorporating other small communities, such as Longford. Orford area had a population of 10,950 at the 2001 census. Orford Hall was demolished in the 1930s after the grounds were given to the town for Orford Park. Jubilee Park, a £30m project providing community and sporting facilities on former waste land between the park and Winwick Road, opened May 2012. William Beamont, a Victorian solicitor and philanthropist, lived at Orford Hall, which had previously been the seat of the Blackburne family. He founded Warrington's municipal library, the first rate-aided library in England, in 1848. His diaries are a valuable source of social history. Another notable local family were the Booths, who built Orford House in the late 18th century, ancestors of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Orford, Oregon
Port Orford ( Tolowa: tr’ee-ghi~’- ’an’ ) is a city in Curry County on the southern coast of Oregon, United States. The population was 1,133 at the 2010 census. The city takes its name from George Vancouver's original name for nearby Cape Blanco, which he named for George, Earl of Orford, "a much-respected friend." Port Orford is the westernmost settlement in the state of Oregon, and the westernmost incorporated place in the 48 contiguous states. History Before the arrival of European settlers, the Port Orford area was inhabited by the indigenous Tututni peoples. The Tututni languages were a part of the Pacific Coast Athabaskan language family. Spanish explorer Bartoleme Ferrelo mapped Cape Blanco in 1543. It remained the farthest north point on the coastal map until 1778, when British explorer Captain Cook found land farther west. Captain George Vancouver sighted land and named it Port Orford in 1792. In June 1851, Captain William Tichenor, in command of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Russell, 1st Earl Of Orford
Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, (1653 – 26 November 1727) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. After serving as a junior officer at the Battle of Solebay during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, he served as a captain in the Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Eur ... in operations against the Barbary pirates. Russell was one of the Immortal Seven, a group of English noblemen who issued the Invitation to William, a document asking William III of England, Prince William of Orange to depose James II of England, King James II. Based in the Netherlands, he served as Prince William's secretary during the planning of William's invasion of England and subsequent Glorious Revolution. He was fully engaged in providing naval support for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Orford
Earl of Orford is a title that has been created three times. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1697 when the naval commander Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell was made Earl of Orford, in the County of Suffolk. He was created Baron of Shingay, in the County of Cambridge, and Viscount Barfleur at the same time, also in the Peerage of England. A member of the influential Russell family, he was the son of the Honourable Edward Russell, a younger son of Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford and younger brother of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford (see Duke of Bedford for earlier history of the Russell family). Lord Orford had no children and the titles became extinct on his death in 1727. The title was created again in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1742 for Robert Walpole, ''de facto'' acknowledged to have been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, who at the same time was created Viscount Walpole and Baron Walpole of Houghton. At the time, the fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orford (surname)
Orford is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Orford (1899–1977), English footballer * Jeff Orford, Australian rugby league footballer * John Orford, British classical bassoonist * Lewis Orford (cricketer) (1865–1948), English lawyer and cricketer * Lewis Orford (footballer) (born 2006), English footballer * Margie Orford, South African writer * Martin Orford, keyboard player of the progressive rock band IQ * Matt Orford, Australian rugby league footballer * Nicole Orford, Canadian ice dancer * Robert Orford, Bishop of Ely from 1302 to 1310 * Sandy Orford (1911–1986), Welsh rugby league player and wrestler Fictional people * Ellen Orford, a character in Benjamin Britten's 1945 opera ''Peter Grimes'' See also * Earl of Orford Earl of Orford is a title that has been created three times. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1697 when the naval commander Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell was made Earl of Orford, in the Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orford (painting)
''Orford'' is an 1833 landscape painting by the British artist Clarkson Stanfield. It depicts a view of the port of Orford in Suffolk. Historically a significant settlement, which had its own parliamentary constituency until the Great Reform Act of 1832, it had declined by the time he painted it. It depicts the town from across the River Ore. Stanfield, a former sailor best known as a marine painter, was in East Anglia to prepare sketches for an edition of the works of the poet George Crabbe being prepared by the publisher John Murray. Stylistically it echoes the work of Richard Parkes Bonnington and is one of only a small number of landscapes of England he produced. Today the painting is in the Wallace Collection in London, having been acquired in 1875 by Sir Richard Wallace. A related watercolour was sold at Sotheby's Sotheby's ( ) is a British-founded multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City. It is one of the world's largest brokers of fine art, fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orford Copper Company
Robert Means Thompson (2 March 1849 – 5 September 1930) was a United States Navy officer, business magnate, philanthropy, philanthropist and a president of the United States Olympic Committee, American Olympic Association. He is the namesake of the destroyer USS Thompson (DD-627), USS ''Thompson'' (DD-627). Biography He was born in Corsica, Pennsylvania, of Protestant Scotch and Irish descent to Judge of the Jefferson County PA court John Jamison Thompson and Agnes Kennedy. Navy days Thompson was appointed to the United States Naval Academy on 30 July 1864. Graduating tenth in the class of 1868, Thompson first went to sea in USS Contoocook (1864), ''Contoocook'' in the West Indian Squadron. He later served in USS Franklin (1864), ''Franklin'', USS Richmond (1860), ''Richmond'', and USS Guard (1857), ''Guard'' of the Mediterranean Squadron; as well as in USS Wachusett (1861), USS ''Wachusett'' and at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island. Commissioned Ensign (rank)# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orford, Victoria
Orford is a town in southwestern Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Australia, 250 km west of Melbourne and 40 km north-west of Warrnambool. Orford has several amenities, including a church and war memorial. Located 72 metres above sea level on the banks of the Shaw River (Victoria), Shaw River, The area around Orford was first settled by the establishment of the Dunmore pastoral run in 1842. In 1856 a town was surveyed and named Orford, apparently after places of that name in Lincolnshire and Suffolk in England. A store was opened in the late 1860s, and a small school opened in 1870. See also * Warrnambool * Shaw River (Victoria), Shaw River * Victoria, Australia, Victoria * Australia References Towns in Victoria (state) {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orford, Tasmania
Orford is a seaside village located on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia, approximately north-east of the state-capital of Hobart. Situated on Paredarerme pungenna country, and nestled around the mouth of the Prosser River, the village sits on the southern edge of Prosser Bay, with the Mercury Passage stretching out beyond the bay’s waters. At the , Orford had a population of 685, though the population swells significantly during holiday periods. Orford is serviced by one supermarket, three cafes and eateries, a hotel and other accommodation, police and fire brigade, a primary school, and a library. History The Orford area was originally inhabited by the Paredarerme, or Oyster Bay tribe, one of the largest Aboriginal groups in Tasmania. They followed a seasonal migration pattern, moving inland during warmer months and returning to the coast during autumn and winter to fish and gather resources. In 1808, convict Thomas Prosser escaped and was recaptured near the area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orford, New Hampshire
Orford is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,237 at the 2020 census, unchanged from the 2010 census. The Appalachian Trail crosses in the east. History First called "Number Seven" in a line of Connecticut River fort towns, Orford was incorporated in 1761 by Governor Benning Wentworth and named for Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, who was the first prime minister of Great Britain. The town was settled in 1765 by Daniel Cross and wife from Lebanon, Connecticut. By 1859, it had 1,406 inhabitants, most involved in agriculture. There was a large tannery, a chair factory, ten sawmills, a starch factory, a gristmill, a sash, blind and door factory, and two boot and shoe factories. An original grantee was General Israel Morey, whose son Samuel Morey discovered a way to separate hydrogen from oxygen in water, making possible the first marine steam engine. He recognized the potential of steam power after working at his father's ferry. In 1793, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orford, Suffolk
Orford is a village in Suffolk, England, within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is east of Woodbridge. History Like many Suffolk coastal villages it was of some importance as a port and fishing village in the Middle Ages. It has a mediaeval castle, built to dominate the River Ore and St Bartholomew's Church is Grade I listed. The castle was built as a royal castle built by Henry II in the period 1165-1173 as an assertion of monarchical power in the region. Although the castle became less important after the king's death in 1189, the importance of Orford as a port grew. By 1200 its level of trade exceeded that of nearby Ipswich. Henry III granted Orford its first charter and the town returned a member of parliament in 1298, although it did not function as a constituency throughout the 14th century. Orford Town Hall was completed in 1902. Local amenities The population of Orford greatly increases during the summer months, partly due to it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orford, Ontario
Kent County, area 2,458 km2 (949 sq mi) is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. The county was created in 1792 and named by John Graves Simcoe in honour of the English County. The county is in an alluvial plain between Lake St. Clair, and Lake Erie, watered by two navigable streams, the Thames River and the Sydenham River. On January 1, 1998, the county, its townships, towns, and Chatham were amalgamated into the single-tier city of Chatham-Kent. Original townships Camden Area: . Camden Township was conceded by treaty in 1790, and the Gore was surrendered by treaty in 1819. Surveyed in 1794 and named from the Earl of Camden. Also referred to earlier as Camden Township and Gore, and in the 1861 census as Camden & Gore Township. Containing some of the best farmland in Ontario, the township was originally parcelled as a grid with Concessions 1 to 7 running north-westward, Lots 1 to 18 running north-eastward and Concession A along the road to Thamesville. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
