*ORFORD, (Suffolk) 73 cm. 88 mm. from London, where the r. Ore, after having joined the Ald, falls into the sea, had a harbour, till the sea withdrew from it, and was once a large populous T. with a castle; of which, and of a nunnery near the quay, that was formerly the seat of Sir Michael Stanhope, there are still some ruins. The towers of the Castle and its Ch. are a sea-mark for colliers, coasters, and ships that come from Holland. There is a light-house at Orford-Nesse, which is also of great use to seamen, and is a shelter for them, when a N. E.. wind blows hard upon the shore. The T. was incorporated by Hen. III. has a mayor, 18 portmen, 12 chief burgesses, a recorder (who is Sir Phil. Lloyd, Kt. K's.- council) a T.-clerk, and 2 serjeants at mace. It first gave title of E. to admiral Russel, and then to the late Sir Rob. Walpole, as it does now to his eldest son, of the same name, auditor of the exchequer, who was a peer even before his father. Its Mt. is M. Fairs June 24 and Aug. 24. Though it sent members to Pt. in the 26th of Edw. I. yet it had no more elections, till the R. of Edw. IV. The manor did bel. to the Lds. Willoughby of Eresby; from whom, for want of male issue, it passed to the Bertues.