Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PORT-ERIN, or Port-Iron

PORT-ERIN, or Port-Iron, a village in Kirk-Rushen parish, Isle of Man; on a small bay, 1 mile S E of Brada Head, and 4¾ W by N of Castletown. It has a post-office under Douglas, Isle of Man, bathing-machines, a fine sandy beach, and a hotel; and is largely engaged in fishing.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: the Isle of Man CrProt
Place names: PORT ERIN     |     PORT ERIN OR PORT IRON     |     PORT IRON
Place: Port Erin

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