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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Burrow Island like this:
Rat Island.-- (or Burrow Island), Hants, in the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour.
Burrow Island is now part of PORTSMOUTH Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how PORTSMOUTH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Burrow Island itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burrow Island, in Portsmouth and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22687
Date accessed: 11th February 2026
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