In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Portinscale like this:
PORTINGSCALE, a village in Coledale township, Crosthwaite parish, Cumberland; 1 mile W by N of Keswick. It has a post-office under Windermere.
Additional information about this locality is available for Crosthwaite
Portinscale through time
Portinscale is now part of Allerdale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Allerdale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Portinscale itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Portinscale, in Allerdale and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24907
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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