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LOOE , a seaport and See also:market See also:town in the See also:Bodmin See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Cornwall, See also:England, 17 M. by See also:sea W. of See also:Plymouth, a See also:terminus of the See also:Liskeard & Looe See also:light railway.
Pop. (1901) 2548. It is divided by the See also:river into See also:East Looe and See also:West Looe; and is sheltered so completely by the surrounding hills that myrtles, geraniums, fuchsias and other delicate See also:plants flourish at all seasons in the open See also:air. Its lanes are narrow, steep and winding; many of the houses are entered by wooden staircases; and though considerably modernized the town has a See also:medieval air. Inland, the shores of the river are richly wooded; and towards the sea they rise on the See also:south into rugged cliffs. The See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, which stands I m. outside the town, has a See also:Norman See also:doorway and See also:font. Among other buildings may be mentioned the See also:ancient See also:chapel of St See also:Nicholas in West Looe, restored in 1862; and the old town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, where the ancient See also:pillory is preserved. A considerable export See also:trade in See also:copper, See also:tin and See also:granite was formerly carried on, and the last is still exported, tut the See also:chief trade is in See also:grain; while See also:timber, See also:coal and See also:limestone are imported. There are also thriving See also:fisheries, the Looe See also:fisher-men being particularly See also:expert with the See also:seine on a rocky bottom. The inlet of Trelawne is one of the most exquisite wooded coombes in Cornwall. At its See also:head are the remains of a See also:camp, connected with the See also:Giant's Hedge, a raised earthwork which extends for 7 M. in a straight See also:line, as far as a larger camp, on See also:Bury Down, and is of Danish or Saxon construction. Trelawne, a See also:fine old See also:mansion belonging to the See also:family of See also:Trelawny, See also:dates in See also:part from the 15th See also:century, but has been very largely restored.
The harbourage was probably the See also:original cause of See also:settlement at Looe. At the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the Domesday Survey East Looe was assessed under Pendrym, which was of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:demesne and West Looe under See also:Hamelin's See also:manor of Trelowia. In the 14th century the former manor was held by the family of Bodrugan; the latter by that of Dauney, who had inherited it from the Treverbyns. In 1237 See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Bodrugan received the See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of a market on Fridays and a See also:fair at Michaelmas in his manor of Pendrym. In 1301 his See also:grandson and namesake granted to East Looe a market and fair, view of See also:frank See also:pledge, See also:ducking See also:stool and pillory and See also:assize of See also:bread and See also:ale. See also:Otto Bodrugan in 1320 granted the burgesses the See also:privilege of electing their own portreeve and controlling the trade of the town. A See also:charter of See also:incorporation was granted in 1558 under which the See also:common See also:council was to consist of a See also:mayor and 8 chief burgesses. There was to be a See also:court of See also:record, a market on Saturdays and fairs at Michaelmas and See also:Candlemas. In 1685 See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II. provided that there should be a mayor and 11 aldermen, 36 See also:free burgesses, 4 fairs and a court of See also:pie See also:powder. East Looe was governed under this charter until 1885. West Looe (known also as Porpighan or Porbuan) benefited by a charter granted by See also:Richard king of the See also:Romans to See also:Odo Treverbyn and ratified in 1325 constituting it a free See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough whose burgesses were to be free of all See also:custom throughout See also:Corn-See also:wall. See also:Residence for a See also:year and a See also:day within the borough conferred freedom from See also:servitude. There were to be a market on Wednesdays and a fair at Michaelmas. See also:Hugh son of Odo Treverbyn gave West Looe the privileges enjoyed by See also:Helston and See also:Launceston. Upon the See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder of the See also:earl of See also:Devon in
1539 the borough See also:fell to the See also:crown and was annexed to the duchy. In 1574 a charter of incorporation was granted, providing for a mayor and 11 burgesses, also for a market on Wednesdays and two fairs. West Looe continued to be administered under this charter until 1869, when the See also:death of the mayor deprived the council of its only surviving member and elector. Parliamentary See also:representation was conferred upon East Looe in 1571 and upon West Looe in 1553. In the debate on the reform See also:bill O'Connell stated that there was but one borough more rotten than East Looe and that was West Looe. Looe was second only to See also:Fowey as a See also:port in the 15th century. It furnished 20 See also:ships for the See also:siege of See also:Calais. Of the markets and fairs only the markets on Wednesdays and Saturdays and a fair on the 6th of May remain.
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