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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.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Administrative units: | Talland AP/CP Cornwall AncC |
Place names: | LOOE ISLAND | LOOE ISLAND OR ST GEORGES ISLAND | ST GEORGES ISLAND |
Place: | Looe |
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