On 2004 June 18, Keith Briggs wrote:
>This discussion last February, which concluded that Ore was back-formed
from Orford, seems to have conveniently
ignored the fact that a major tributary of the Alde, the branch through
Framlingham as far as Beversham Bridge
(TM359582), is also called Ore. This is a long way from Orford. I
still feel that not everything is explained.<
Not only did Harrison (1577) generate the back-formation Orus from
Orford, but Fromus (the Alde) from Framlingham and Glem (the Ore you write
of) from Glemham. I would expect that if Ore was the river-name, Harrison
would have used it in preference to Glem.
Tom Ikins
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