Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Portslade

Portslade, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Sussex, 4 miles W. of Brighton, 1968 ac., pop. 3719; P.O., also P.O. at Portslade by Sea, 1 mile from sta., and P.O. at sta., called Portslade Station; is a well frequented seaside resort; near the sta. is Portslade House, seat.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Portslade CP/AP       Sussex AncC
Place: Portslade By Sea

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