River Hor

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Hor
River
River Hor at Horsham St Faiths (2).JPG
The River Hor at Horsham St Faith
Country England
State Norfolk
Region East of England
District Broadland
Part of River Bure
SourceSpring in the churchyard of St Margaret's Church
 - location Felthorpe
 - elevation34 m (112 ft)
 - coordinates 52°42′37″N1°12′37″E / 52.7103°N 1.2104°E / 52.7103; 1.2104
Mouth River Bure
 - locationwest of Wroxham
 - coordinates 52°42′14″N1°22′44″E / 52.70389°N 1.37889°E / 52.70389; 1.37889 Coordinates: 52°42′14″N1°22′44″E / 52.70389°N 1.37889°E / 52.70389; 1.37889
Length13.3 km (8 mi)
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Location within Norfolk
watermills
Horsham St Faith
Horsford

The River Hor is a short river in the county of Norfolk, England. It runs 13.3 kilometres (8.3 mi) east from its source near Felthorpe to its confluence with the River Bure near Wroxham. [1]

Norfolk County of England

Norfolk is a county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the northwest, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea and, to the north-west, The Wash. The county town is Norwich. With an area of 2,074 square miles (5,370 km2) and a population of 859,400, Norfolk is a largely rural county with a population density of 401 per square mile. Of the county's population, 40% live in four major built up areas: Norwich (213,000), Great Yarmouth (63,000), King's Lynn (46,000) and Thetford (25,000).

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

Felthorpe village in the United Kingdom

Felthorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 8.70 km2 (3.36 sq mi) and had a population of 710 in 287 households at the 2001 census, increasing to a population of 745 in 297 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland.

History

The name of the river is probably a back-formation from the name of villages that it flows through. The village of Horsford has a name meaning "ford that horses can cross", so the river's name may be formed from that. [2]

Horsford village in the United Kingdom

Horsford is a village six miles north of Norwich, England which is surrounded by the Horsford Forest and is named after the dried up section of the River Hor. Its population has seen a steady increase since the Second World War, growing from 750 in 1945 to 4,163 at the 2011 Census.

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey of Great Britain
  2. A. D. Mills. A Dictionary of British Place Names. Oxford University Press.