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Orford is a township municipality of about 5,000 people in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Orford's main attraction is its ski resort on Mount Orford, attracting thousands of people every winter. Orford is well known for the Mont-Orford National Park. The park has thousands of acres of forest ...
Historically Orford was an ancient borough institutionalised as Orford Corporation. It returned two members of parliament for the Orford constituency from 1523 to 1832. [8] Considered a rotten borough, this status was revoked by the Municipal Corporation Act of 1883. Orford is part of the electoral ward of Orford and Tunstall. The population of ...
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 , 4th Earl of Orford (1717–1797), British politician and writer
Port Orford (Tolowa: tr’ee-ghi~’- ’an’ [5]) 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."
The Orford Street Historic District encompasses a particularly attractive stretch of Orford Street (New Hampshire Route 10) in Orford, New Hampshire.It was described as early as the 18th century as "the most charming country village", with a tree-lined promenade that is still a focus of the town center.
The original hall at Orford was a timber and plaster building, with ornate chimneys and a thatched roof, which was built for the Le Norris family in 1232. The Norris family occupied the hall until 1595 after which it was acquired by Thomas Tildesley, who rebuilt it in the Jacobean style. At that time the building was known as Norris House.
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 is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,237 at the 2020 census , [ 2 ] unchanged from the 2010 census. The Appalachian Trail crosses in the east.