Portsmouth
settlement
parish:
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Portsmouth
Hampshire
SZ632993
50.48N 1.05W : lat'n'long
refce: HANTSLOC.t
includes Portsmouth (19th century)
includes Portsmouth (18th century)
includes Portsmouth (17th century)
includes Portsmouth (16th century)
Portsmouth
otherwise: portesmuthan, 501-12; Portesmuthe, 1114; Porthesmuda, 1100-1135; Portesmues, 1125
refce: Coates 1989
PORTSMOUTH, liberty
Hypothetical Old English 'Portesmutha'='mouth of Port' the anglicized Romano British/Primitive Welsh name of Portsmouth Harbour, or possibly 'mouth of the port'. The last quoted spelling is one of many betraying Norman French influence.
coat of arms
refce: Moule 1830
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   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001