Looe, Cornwall

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Looe is a town in Cornwall

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Looe within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Looe in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Looe Island (or St George's Island), Talland par., Cornwall, ½ mile from the shore and 1½ mile S. of East Looe, pop. 2. Looe Island is ½ m. in circuit, 170 ft. high, and has an ancient chapel, now a coastguard station.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Loo, river, Cornwall; rises near Carnmenellis, and flows 10 miles 3. to English Channel; Loo Pool, the estuary of the river, extends from Helston to the sea.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Looe, river, Cornwall; rises near St Clear, and flows S. past Liskeard and St Keyne to head of Looe Bay, between East Looe and West Looe; is 10 miles long.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Cober, or Loo, rivulet, W. Cornwall; rises near Carnmenellis, and flows 10 miles S., past Wendron and Helston, to the sea at Loo Pool.

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