Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rayrigg Hall

Rayrigg Hall, seat, Westmorland, on E. side of Windermere, f mile N. of Bowness; was for several years the summer residence of William Wilberforce (1759-1833), the philanthropist.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Westmorland AncC
Place: Rayrigg

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