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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Portobello like this:
PORTOBELLO, a village in Willenhall township, Wolverhampton parish, Stafford; on the Birmingham, Walsall, and Wolverhampton railway, 2 miles E of Wolverhampton. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Wolverhampton.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Portobello by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
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Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
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Willenhall | 0 | 2 |
Bilston | 1 | 2 |
Darlaston | 9 | 2 |
Heathtown | 0 | 1 |
Moxley | 0 | 2 |
Wednesfield | 0 | 2 |
Short Heath | 0 | 1 |
Bentley | 1 | 2 |
Bradley | 1 | 2 |
Blakenhall | 0 | 1 |
Ettingshall | 0 | 2 |
Bescot | 0 | 2 |
Deepfields | 0 | 2 |
Wolverhampton | 35 | 3 |
Princes End | 0 | 2 |
Coseley | 0 | 2 |
Wednesbury | 35 | 2 |
Pleck | 0 | 2 |
Wood Green | 0 | 1 |
Ocker Hill | 0 | 2 |