Portesham, Dorset

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Portesham is a village in Dorset

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Portesham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Portesham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Portisham, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Portesham), Dorset, in S. of co.- par., 4540 ac., pop. 705; vil., 6 miles SW. of Dorchester; P.O.; on an eminence near the vil. is a tower to the memory of Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy (1769-1839), a native of the par., who served with Nelson.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Portesham, ry. sta., Dorset. See PORTISHAM.

Portesham in the Domesday Book

A village in Uggescombe hundred, in the county of Dorset.

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