The right of the line rested on the Stour, the left upon the orwell; and as they passed along through the forest the line contracted.
"Beric the Briton A Story of the Roman Invasion"
G. A. Henty
The Eastern Counties are the most behindhand in the science, although they have good rivers in the orwell and Yare.
"Boating"
W. B. Woodgate Commentator: Harvey Mason
Catching sight of the pretty little village of Felixstowe-the houses facing the sea on the north side-and of the neat watering-place of Dovercourt on the left, we stood in between Landguard Fort, on the north shore, and the long breakwater which runs out from the south, when we crossed the mouth of the orwell at the point where the Stour falls into it, and came to an anchor off Harwich, among a considerable number of vessels, the guardship rising like a giant in their midst.
"A Yacht Voyage Round England"
W.H.G. Kingston