Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COSHAM

COSHAM, a village in the parishes of Widley and Wymering, Hants; adjacent to the junction of the South Coast and Southwestern railways, 4 miles NNE of Portsmouth. It is a neat place; and has an inn, a post office‡ under Portsmouth, and a railway station.


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

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

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