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LOOE ISLAND, an extra-parochial island in Liskeard district, Cornwall; ½ a mile from the nearest shore, and 1½ S of East Looe. It is rocky, about ½ a mile in circuit, and 170 feet high; and was once crowned by a chapel to St. George, now used as a coast-guard station Pop., 8. House, 1.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an extra-parochial island" (ADL Feature Type: "islands") |
| Administrative units: | Liskeard Poor Law Union/Registration District Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place: | Looe |
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