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STORRS, a hamlet in Undermilbeck township, Westmoreland; on Windermere lake, 2 miles SSW of Bowness. S. Hall was built by Sir J. Legard, Bart.; passed to the Boltous and the Staniforths; and was the place in 1825 of a famous meeting of Professor Wilson, Sir Walter Scott, Cauning, Southey, Wordsworth, and Lockhart.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Westmorland Ancient County |
| Place: | Storrs |
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