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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  CORNWALL	Cornwall	west coast; and only very fertile valleys and bottoms, together with pieces of exceedingly romantic scenery, redeem the entire county from one general aspect of dreariness and desert. The chief rivers are the Tamar, the Lynher, the Looe	Imperial
  DULOE	Cornwall	West Looe, and 4 S by W of Liskeard r. station. It has a post office under Liskeard. Acres, 5, 844. Real	Imperial
  East Looe	Cornwall	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	Bartholomew
  EXETER	Cornwall Devon	West contains the rectories of Boconnoc, Broadoak, Cardynham, Duloe, St. Keyne, Lanreath, Lansallos, St. Martins, St. Pinnock, and Warleggan; the vicarages of St. Clere, Lanteglos, Liskeard, Morval, St. Neots, Pelynt, Talland, St. Veep, and St. Winnow; and the p. curacies of Herodsfoot, Looe	Imperial
  HERODSFOOT	Cornwall	HERODSFOOT , a chapelry in Duloe parish, Cornwall; near West Looe. Pop., 453. The living is a vicarage. Value, £70.*	Imperial
  KEYNE (ST.), or St. KEAN	Cornwall	Looe, 2 miles S of Liskeard r. station; has a postoffice under Liskeard; was anciently called Lametton; took its present name from St. Kayne or Keyna, daughter of Brychan, prince of Brecknock; and has a well, of ancient superstitions repute, dedicated to that saint, and celebrated in a ballad of Southey:- "A well there is in the west	Imperial
  Looe	Cornwall	Looe .-- ry. sta. {for East Looe and West Looe), Cornwall, 16 miles W. of Plymouth; P.O., T.O. See LOOE, EAST, and LOOE, WEST.	Bartholomew
  Looe	Cornwall	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	Bartholomew
  LOOE (EAST)	Cornwall	West Looe, bears the name of East and West Looe, and was constituted in 1842. Pop., 1,860.Houses, 366. The living	Imperial
  LOOE (THE)	Cornwall	LOOE (THE) , a river of Cornwall; rising on high grounds, near St. Clear; and running about 10 miles southward, past Liskeard and St. Keyne, to the head of Looe bay between East Looe and West	Imperial
  Looe, West	Cornwall	Looe), Talland par., Cornwall, on Looe Bay, opposite East Looe, 7 miles S. of Liskeard, pop. 868; P.O., T.O., called Looe . This is a small town connected by a bridge with East Looe; its business has declined, but there is still a slight coasting trade and a lucrative fishery for pilchards. Admiral Sir Charles Wager (1666-1743) was a native. West	Bartholomew
  LOOE (WEST)	Cornwall	LOOE (WEST) , a small town in Talland parish, Cornwall; on the W bank of the river Looe, opposite East Looe	Imperial
  MARTIN (ST.)	Cornwall	Looe; and its Post town is Looe, under Liskeard. Acres, 3,199; of which 130 are water. Real property, exclnsive of East Looe, £2,802; inc. of East Looe, £4,622. Pop., exc. of East Looe, 343. H ouses, 71. Pop., inc. of East Looe, 1,497. Houses, 276. The manor was known, at Domesday, as Lant Martin; and it took its name from St. Martin du Tours. A bout 250 acres are under wood. The coast is noticed in the articles on East Looe and West	Imperial
  Talland	Cornwall	Talland Bay, 8 miles S. of Liskeard - par., 2665 ac., pop. 1648; township, pop. 780; the par. contains Polperro and West Looe.	Bartholomew
  TALLAND	Cornwall	West Looe town, each of which has a post-office under Liskeard. Acres, with Looe Island , 2,665. Real property	Imperial
  Ternewan	Cornwall	Ternewan , hamlet, Lansallos par., Cornwall, 5 miles W. of West Looe.	Bartholomew
  Trelawne	Cornwall	Trelawne , old seat of the Trelawny family, on Trelawne Inlet, Cornwall, 2 miles NW. of West Looe.	Bartholomew

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