Stormontfleld, vil., Scone par., in co. and 4% miles
N. of Perth, on r. Tay; salmon-breeding ponds are here.

Stornoway, seaport, police burgh, and par., Lewis
island, Outer Hebrides, Ross-shire, on Stornoway
Harbour, 51 miles NW. of Ullapool and 180 miles from
Oban—par., 67,652 ac.,pop. 10,389 ; police burgh, pop.
2627 ; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks ; is a head port, and has a
good harbour. Stornoway is also the centre of the
greatest of the Scottish fishery districts, comprising
the whole of the Outer Hebrides. Pish is largely
exported, chiefly to Baltic ports. (For shipping sta-
tistics, see Appendix.) Steamers ply regularly to and
from Ullapool, Glasgow, and Liverpool. Stornoway
was made a burgh of barony by James VI. Stornoway
Lighthouse, on Arnish Point, is 45 ft. high, with re-
volving light 56 ft. above high water and seen 13 miles.
Stornoway Castle, seat, stands at the head of Storno-
way Harbour, an arm of the sea.

Storr, The, mountain, Snizort par., Skye island,
Inverness-shire, 7 m. N. of Portree, alt. 2360 ft.; the Old
Man of Storr is a natural obelisk of rock, 160 ft. high.

Storridge, eccl. dist., Cradley par., Herefordshire,
in NE. of co., pop. 212; contains Storridge House,
seat, 7 miles SE. of Bromyard.

Storrington, par. and vil., Sussex—par., 3249 ac.,
pop. 1351; vil., 6% m. NE. of Arundel; P.O., T.O. ; has
an important corn market, and half-yearly stock fairs.

Storrs, hamlet, Undermilbeck township, Winder-
mere par., AVestmorland, on AVindermere lake, 2 miles
SW. of Bowness; Storrs llall, seat, is famous as the
meeting-place, in 1825, of Scott, Wilson, Canning,
Southey, Wordsworth, and Lockhart; an observatory,
called Storrs Temple, is in vicinity.

Storrs Hall, seat, 4 miles E. of Carnforth sta., N.
Lancashire.

Stort, river, Essex and Herts; rises near Meesden,
and flows partly within Essex but chiefly along boundary
between the cos., S. and SW., past Bishop Stortford,
Sawbridgeworth, and Roydon, to the Lea near Hoddes-
don; is 22 miles long.

Stortford. See Bishop Stortford.

Storwood (or Storthwalte), township, Thornton
par., East-Riding Yorkshire, 8 miles SW. of Pockling-
ton, 1222 ac., pop. 84.

Stotficld, part of town of Lossiemouth and Brander-
burgh, Drainie par., Elginshire, pop. 203.

Stotfold.—par. and vil., Bedfordshire, in SE. of co.—
par., 2323 ac., pop. 2892 ; vil., 2 miles NW. of Baldock
ry. sta. and 6 SE. of Shefford; P.O.; the par. contains
the Beds, Hunts, and Herts Lunatic Asylum.—2. Stot-
fold, township, Hooton Pagnell par., S. div. AVest-
Riding Yorkshire, 7 m. NAV. of Doncaster, 257 ac., pop. 7.

Stotterstoury, Northampton. See Stuchbury.

Stottesdcn.—hundred, Shropshire, 83,791 ac., pop.
12,163.—2. Stottesden, par., township, and vil., Shrop-
shire—par., 11,443 ac., pop. 1491; township, 9308 ac.,
pop. 1145; vil., 5 miles N. of Cleobury Mortimer ; p.o.

Stoughton.—township, Thurnby par., in co. and 3
miles SE. of Leicester, pop. 144; j mtains Stoughton
Grange, seat.—2. Stoughton, 2 miles from Guildford,
Surrey; P.O.—3. Stoughton, par., Sussex, 6 miles
NAV. of Chichester, 5374 ac., pop 626.

Stoughton Cross, hamlet, Wedmore par., Somerset,
4 miles S. of Axbridge.

Stoulton, par., in co. and 5 miles SW. of AVorcester,
1952 ac., pop. 370; P.O.

Stoup Brow, hamlet and cliff, Whitby par., North-
Riding Yorkshire, at Robin Hood Bay, 7 miles SE. of
Whitby ; the cliff is 893 ft. high, and commands mag-
nificent views.

Stour.—river, in E. of England; is formed by the
junction of several headstreams, 2% miles SE. of Haver-
hill, and flows E. along the border of Suffolk and Essex
to the sea at Harwich; is 47 miles long, including 9%
miles of estuary between Manningtree and Harwich.—
2. Stour, river, Kent; rises 2 miles N. of Hythe, and
flows NAV. to Ashford, thence NE, past Canterbury to
Stourmouth, where it is joined by the Lesser Stour,
thence E., S., and N. past Sandwich to Peg well Bay ; is
40 miles long.—3. Stour, river, in midlands of England;
rises near Tadmarton, Oxfordshire, and flows AV. and
NW., past Shipston on Stour, to the Avon, 1% mile
SW. of Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire; is 20 miles

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