Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MILTON

MILTON, a hamlet and a chapelry in Portsea parish, Hants. The hamlet lies on Langston harbour, 2 miles E of Portsmouth r. station; and has a post office under Portsmouth. The chapelry was constituted in 1844. Pop., 3,896. Houses, 352. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £100.* Patron, the Vicar of Portsea.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Portsea Parish       Hampshire Ancient County
Place: Milton

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