Portsmouth Arms, ry. sta., Devon,104 miles SE. of
Barnstaple.

Portsmouth Harbour,ry.sta., atPortsmouth, Hants.

Portsoy, seaport town and quoad sacra par. with ry.
sta., Fordyee par., Banffshire—quoad sacra par., pop.
2313 ; town, 84 miles AV. of Banff, pop. 2091; P.O., T.O.,
2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Portsoy ranks as a creek under
Banff, and carries on trade coastwise and with the
Baltic. A number of the inhabitants are engaged in
the fisheries. There is an extensive distillery (Glen-
glassaugh) in the neighbourhood. Portsoy was made a
burgh of barony in 1550; the Earl of Seafield is the
superior.

Portstewart, ry. sta., co. Londonderry. 3 miles W.
of Portrush ; P.O., t.o. See Port Stewart.

Portswood, 2 eccl. dists. (Christchurch and St Denys),
South Stoneham par., Hants, on NE. side of Southamp-
ton, pop.—Christchurch, 1311; St Denys, 3322; P.O.

Portumna, market town, Lickmolassey par., SE.
co. Galway, on river Shannon, near the head of Lough
Derg, 12 miles W. of Parsonstown, pop. 1252; P.O.,
T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Saturday. Portumna has a
good corn market. A small trading steamer sails daily
to and from Killaloe, at the S. extremity of Lougn
Derg. Portumna Castle is the seat of the Marquis of
Clanricarde.

Portway, hamlet, in co. and 9 m. NW. of Hereford.

Portwood, eccl. dist. and ry. sta., Stockport par.,
Cheshire, onr. Mersey, within Stockport bor., pop. 5994.

Posbury, hamlet, in par. and 2 miles SW. of Oredi-
ton, Devon.

Posenhall, par., Shropshire, 24 miles NE. of Much
AVenlock, and within the mun. bor. of Wenlock, 960 ac.,
pop. 27.

Poslingford, par. and vil., Suffolk, 6 miles E. of
Haverhill, 2438 ac., pop. 356; near the vil. is Posling-
ford House, seat.

PossllPark, ry. sta. and northern suburb of Glasgow;
Possil House, which formerly stood here, was the resi-
dence of Sir Archibald Alison (1792-1867), the historian.

Posso Craigs, hill, Manor par., Peeblesshire, 1817 ft.

Post Bridge, vil. with bridge across river Dart,
Devon, 8 miles SW. of Chagford.

Postcombe, hamlet, Lewknor par., Oxfordshire, in
SE. of co., 5 miles S. of Thame.

Postern. See Shottle and Postern.

Postland, ry. sta., in SE. of Lincolnshire, near border
of Cambridgeshire, 7 miles SE. of Spalding.

Postling, par., Kent, 3 miles N. of Hythe, 1563 ac.,
pop. 139.

Postlip, hamlet, in par. and 1 mile SW. of AVinch
comb, Gloucestershire; has papermills and remains of
a Norman chapel.

Poston Lodge, seat, in co. and 9 m. W. of Hereford.

Postwiek, par. and vil., Norfolk — par., 1426 ac.,
pop. 297; vil., 4 miles E. of Norwich ; P.O.; near the
vil. is Postwick Hall, seat.

Potarch, Bridge of, Birse par., S. Aberdeenshire,
on river Dee, If mile SE. of Kincardine O’Neil; fairs
are held here thrice a year.

Potcote, hamlet, Greens Norton and Cold Higham
pars., Northamptonshire, 3 miles NW. of Towcester.

Pothcridge, hamlet, Merton par., Devon, on river
Torridge, 4 miles SE. of Torrington.

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