Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PAULS-GROVE

PAULS-GROVE, a place in the S of Hants; on the Nside of Portsmouth harbour, 4 miles N by W of Portsmouth. Writers who allege that the apostle Paul visited Britain say that this was his landing-place.


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

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Feature Description: "a place"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hampshire Ancient County
Place: Paulsgrove

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