PORTINGSCALE, a township, joint with Coledale,
in that part of the parish of CROSTHWAITE which is in
ALLERDALE ward above Darwent, county of CUMBERLAND,
Ij mile (W. by N.) from Keswick. The population
is returned with Coledale. There is a place of
worship forWesleyan Methodists. The village is situated
on the margin of Derwentwater, of which and the
lake Bassenthwaite, with the beautifully romantic tract
from Swineshead to Skiddaw, there are fine prospects?
from the adjacent heights.