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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Portinscale like this:
PORTINGSCALE, a village in Coledale township, Crosthwaite parish, Cumberland; 1 mile W by N of Keswick. It has a post-office under Windermere.
Portinscale is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Portinscale itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Portinscale in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24907
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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