Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Portsmouth

Portsmouth, vil. with ry. sta., Whalley par., SE. Lancashire, 3 miles N W. of Todmorden; has brickworks, quarries, and mfrs. of cotton; in vicinity is P. House.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Whalley Parish       Lancashire Ancient County
Place: Portsmouth

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