A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PORTLAND-TOWN, a metropolitan suburb and a chapelry in Marylebone parish, Middlesex. The suburblies W of Regent's park and S of the Northwestern railway, 3½ miles N W by W of St. Paul's; and has post-offices‡ under London N W. The chapelry was constituted in 1849. Pop., 9, 621. Houses, 1, 310. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of London. Value, £500. Patron, the Bishop of London. The church was built in 1849, by Daukes; and is in the early English style.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a metropolitan suburb and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Middlesex AncC |
| Place: | Portland Town |
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