In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Portgate like this:
PORTGATE, a township in St. John-Lee parish, Northumberland; at the intersection of the Roman wallby Watling-street, 4¼ miles N E of Hexham. Acres, 690. Pop., 74. Houses, 12.
Portgate through time
Portgate is now part of Tynedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tynedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Portgate itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Portgate, in Tynedale and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9608
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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