Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COLEDALE, or Portingscale

COLEDALE, or Portingscale, a township in Crosthwaite parish, Cumberland; on Derwent-water and the Derwent river, 1 mile W by N of Keswick. Real property, £2, 810. Pop., 261. Houses, 59. The views from the higher grounds are very grand.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Crosthwaite CP/AP       Cumberland AncC
Place names: COLEDALE     |     COLEDALE OR PORTINGSCALE     |     PORTINGSCALE
Place: Coledale

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