Orford

Proper noun

Orford (countable and uncountable, plural Orfords)

1. A suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ609902).
2. A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM422499).
   • Seals are flourishing about 50 miles farther south, too. In 2021, a group of grey seals established the first seal colony in nearby Suffolk and began breeding on a remote shingle beach at Orford Ness, now a National Trust site but once the location for cold war weapons-testing.2024 December 26, Donna Ferguson, “‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish”, in The Guardian
3. A township municipality in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
4. A former township in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.
5. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
6. A coastal village in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, Tasmania, Australia.
7. A town in the Shire of Moyne, Victoria, Australia.
8. A habitational surname from Old English.