Strangford
English
Etymology
In Northern Ireland, from Old Norse strangr + fjǫrðr, referring to the narrow channel into the sea lough.
Proper noun
Strangford
- A village at the entrance to Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland.
- A hamlet in Sellack parish, within a loop of the River Wye, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5828). [1]
- 1947 May and June, “Snow, Frost and Flood”, in Railway Magazine, page 129:
- Among the more serious incidents was the collapse of part of the viaduct carrying the G.W.R. over the River Wye, at Strangford, Herefordshire.
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