Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ponsonby

Ponsonby, par., Cumberland, on river Calder, 2427 ac., pop. 166; contains the seat of Ponsonby Hall, 4 miles SE. of Egremont.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ponsonby CP/AP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Ponsonby

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