Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PORTINGSCALE

PORTINGSCALE, a village in Coledale township, Crosthwaite parish, Cumberland; 1 mile W by N of Keswick. It has a post-office under Windermere.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Crosthwaite CP/AP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Portinscale

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