Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wymering

Wymering, par., Hants, at NE. side of Portsmouth Harbour, 4 miles N. of Portsmouth, 3121 ac. (76 water) and 752 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 985; contains parts of Cosham and Potwell vils., also several islets. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1842.


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

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

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