The River Hor is a short river in the county of

Norfolk Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...

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. It runs east from its source near

Felthorpe Felthorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Felthorpe is located east of Dereham and north-west of Norwich. History Felthorpe's name is of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation o ...

to its confluence with the

River Bure The River Bure is a river in the county of Norfolk, England, most of it in the Broads.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads''. . The Bure rises near Melton Constable, upstream of Aylsham, which was the original head of ...

near

Wroxham Wroxham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish of Wroxham has an area of 6.21 square kilometres, and in 2001, had a population of 1,532 in 666 households. A reduced population of 1,502 in 653 household ...

.Ordnance Survey of Great Britain

History

The name of the river is probably a back-formation from the name of villages that it flows through. The village of

Horsford Horsford is a village and civil parish in the England, English county of Norfolk. Horsford is located south of Aylsham and north-west of Norwich. History Horsford's name is of Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old Engl ...

has a name meaning "ford that horses can cross", so the river's name may be formed from that.

References

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