Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Langston

Langston, fishing vil. with ry. sta, on Langston Harbour, Hants, 1 mile S. of Havant; Langston Harbour is a narrow sea inlet between Portsea island and Hayling island, is 4 m. long and 2½ m. wide; its entrance is defended on th e W. side by Fort Cumberland.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "fishing village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hampshire AncC
Place: Langston

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