A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
East Looe, fishing port with ry. sta. (Looe), St Martin's par., E. Cornwall, on E. side of estuary of the Looe, 231 miles SW. of London, pop. 1353; P.O., T.O., called Looe, 1 Bank. East Looe was an important maritime town in the 14th century, and it has still, in addition to its pilchard fishery, some exports of copper and granite. A canal connects it with Liskeard, 9 miles N., and a line of rail with the mines; a bridge stretches across the estuary to West Looe. East Looe is an ancient incorporation; it was disfranchised in 1832.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "fishing port with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "harbors") |
| Administrative units: | St Martins IslParPart/CP Cornwall AncC |
| Place names: | EAST LOOE | LOOE |
| Place: | East Looe |
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