Storrs (other)

	Storrs (other) Storrs may refer to: * Storrs (surname) * Storrs, Connecticut, a village where the main campus of the University of Connecticut is located * Storrs, South Yorkshire, a rural hamlet within the City of Sheffield, England Storrs, Cumbria See also Storrs Hall, a listed building in Cumbria, England * Yealand Storrs Yealand Storrs is a hamlet in the English county of Lancashire. Geography Yealand Storrs is north of Lancaster near the border with Cumbria, it is in the civil parish of Yealand Redmayne, in the City of Lancaster district. Gallery File:A_ ..., a hamlet in the English county of Lancashire * Storr {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Storrs (surname) Storrs is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Margaret Storrs Grierson (1900–1997), American academic and archivist Cherilla Storrs Lowrey (1861–1918), American educator and clubwoman Elizabeth Storrs Mead (1832–1917), American educator Charles and Augustus Storrs, business partners and brothers who founded the University of Connecticut in 1881 * Charles Backus Storrs (1794–1833), first President of Western Reserve College and Preparatory School * Francis Storrs (1883–1918), British academic and intelligence agent George Storrs (1796–1879), American preacher, Christian writer, and editor George Harry Storrs (1860–1909), British murder victim Henry R. Storrs (1787–1837), U.S. Representative from New York John Storrs (sculptor) (1885–1956), American modernist sculptor John Storrs (architect) (1920–2003), America architect who designed the World Forestry Center in Oregon John Storrs (priest) (1846–1928), Anglican priest, Dean of Rocheste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Storrs, Connecticut Storrs is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the New England town, town of Mansfield, Connecticut, Mansfield in eastern Tolland County, Connecticut, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 15,344 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is dominated economically and demographically by the main campus of the University of Connecticut and the associated Connecticut Repertory Theatre. Storrs was named for Charles and Augustus Storrs, two brothers who founded the University of Connecticut (originally called the Storrs Agricultural College) by giving the land () and $6,000 in 1881. In the aftermath of September 2005's Hurricane Katrina, ''Slate (magazine), Slate'' named Storrs "America's Best Place to Avoid Death Due to Natural Disaster." Storrs is also home to the new UConn Huskies baseball, University of Connecticut Huskies baseball's home stadium, Elliot Ballpark, which replaced J. O. Christian Field. Geography According to the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Storrs, South Yorkshire Storrs is a hamlet within the boundaries of the City of Sheffield in England, it is situated 6.5 km (4 miles) west-northwest of the city centre. Storrs is located between the suburb of Stannington and the village of Dungworth in the civil parish of Bradfield at a height of 210 metres above sea level between the Loxley and Rivelin valleys. Although historically a farming settlement, water-powered milling on the Storrs Brook and small scale cutlery making has also taken place in the hamlet. History The name Storrs is a derivation of the Old Norse word “Storth” which means a wooded place and is commonly found in the names of Viking settlements set up in woodland clearings. One of the first written references to the hamlet was in 1288 when the ancient Hallamshire family of Shaw first became established after Ralph del Shagh became a tenant at a local farm, the surname continued at the same farm for the next four centuries. There was another reference in 1323 when Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Storrs, Cumbria Storrs is a hamlet in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. It lies south of Bowness-on-Windermere, on the A592 road, close to the east shore of the lake, Windermere. Historically a part of Westmorland, the most notable landmark is the Grade II* listed Georgian mansion and folly In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of usual garden buildings. Eighteenth-cent ... at Storrs Hall. See also * Listed buildings in Windermere, Cumbria (town) References External links Hamlets in Cumbria South Lakeland District {{Cumbria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Storrs Hall Storrs Hall is a hotel on the banks of Windermere in Storrs in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. The hotel, a Grade II* listed Georgian mansion, is also home to the National Trust-owned folly the "Temple" on the end of a stone jetty on Windermere. Situated in the Lake District, Storrs Hall sits alongside the Windermere. It stands in seventeen acres of grounds and woodland. The mansion was first built in the 1790s by Sir John Legard, a Yorkshire landowner. After 14 years of owning the building, Sir John Legard became increasingly crippled by gout, and eventually sold Storrs Hall in 1804. The new owner of Storrs Hall was John Bolton, born in Ulverston in 1756, who was a rich man and one of the wealthiest men of his class. He extended the mansion and created a park. John Bolton was a Cumbrian who made a fortune as a Liverpool slave trader. He bought Storrs Hall with some of the proceeds and used the residence to entertain in style, holding regattas on the lake which were att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Yealand Storrs Yealand Storrs is a hamlet in the English county of Lancashire. Geography Yealand Storrs is north of Lancaster near the border with Cumbria, it is in the civil parish of Yealand Redmayne, in the City of Lancaster district. Gallery File:A_rarish_sighting_of_a_bittern_at_RSPB_Leighton_Moss_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1459774.jpg, A little bittern near Yealand Storrs File:Hallmore_Trout_Fishery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_94630.jpg, Hallmore trout farm File:Leighton_Moss_-_geograph.org.uk_-_495714.jpg, View of Leighton Moss Leighton Moss RSPB reserve is a nature reserve in Lancashire, England, which has been in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds since 1964. It is situated at Silverdale near Carnforth, on the edge of Morecambe Bay and in the ... References External links {{authority control Villages in Lancashire Geography of the City of Lancaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]