Portingscale, Cumberland
Historical Description
Portingscale, a village in Crosthwaite parish, Cumberland, 1 mile W by N of Keswick, and half a mile from Braithwaite station on the Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith railway. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Keswick. Lord Leconfield is lord of the manor.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Cumberland | |
| Civil parish | Crosthwaite | |
| Poor Law union | Cockermouth | |
| Ward | Allerdale above Derwent |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Portingscale from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Portingscale, or Coledale)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.