In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Portsmouth like this:
PORTSMOUTH, a village in Cliviger township, Whalley parish, Lancashire; on the Burnley and Todmorden railway, near the boundary with Yorkshire, 3 miles N W of Tormorden. It has a station with telegraph on the railway, several cotton mills, bobbin-works, brick-works, and quarries. Portsmouth House is the seat of J. Green, Esq.
Additional information about this locality is available for Todmorden
Portsmouth through time
Portsmouth is now part of Calderdale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Calderdale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Portsmouth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Portsmouth, in Calderdale and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24681
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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