Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Forton

Forton.-- eccl. dist., Alverstoke par., S. Hants, pop. 5762; is suburban to Gosport.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Alverstoke AP/CP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Forton

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