Looe Island, Cornwall
Historical Description
Looe Island, an island in Cornwall, half a mile from the nearest shore, and 1½ S of East Looe. It is rocky, about half a mile in circuit, and 170 feet high, and was once crowned by a chapel to St George.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cornwall papers online:
- Royal Cornwall Gazette
- Cornishman
- West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser
- Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser
Visitations Heraldic
We have a copy of The Visitations of Cornwall, by Lieut.-Col. J.L. Vivian online.