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The seal of East Looe was blazoned An antique one-mast vessel in it a man and boy against the side of the hulk three escutcheons each charges with three bends, with the legend "Si, comunetatis de Loo". The seal of West Looe was An armed man holding a bow in his right hand and an arrow in his left, with the legend "Por-tu-an vel Wys Westlo". [24]
English: Looe Bay Holiday Park, Great Tree, near Looe. The very popular Looe Bay Holiday Park is on the B3253 at Great Tree, about 1.25 miles from East Looe. It is sited at the junction with the road to Milendreath.
Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary Superintendent Billy Causey answers questions for a member of the public at an event in the late 1980s. Looe Key is a 5.8-square-mile (4.4 sq nmi; 15.0 km 2) coral reef in the Florida Reef system named for the British Royal Navy warship HMS Looe, which was wrecked on it in 1744 when it was a sandy island.
Looe Key is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. ... February 1992 satellite photo of Looe Key, revealing its spur and groove ...
Looe Island nature reserve (Cornish: Enys Lann-Managh, meaning Island of the Monk's Enclosure), also known as St George's Island, and historically St Michael's Island is a small island nature reserve [1] a mile from the mainland town of Looe off Cornwall, England. The island and its foreshore belongs to the charity, Cornwall Wildlife Trust.
There is also a stone cross, dating from the 14th century, which was found at Tregoad Farm in the parish of St Martin-by-Looe in 1906, [14] and a Finbaker cannon, dating from the 17th century, which had been deployed on a Spanish warship and which was recovered from Looe Bay in the 19th century. [7]
Until 1845 the ecclesiastical parish included East Looe where there was a chapel of St Mary. The church is dedicated to St Keyne and St Martin and in historical records is sometimes called Keyne the Greater. The advowson belonged to the lords of Pendrim. [11] The church is in a joint parish with St Wenna's Church, Morval; St Nicholas' Church ...
To the east of Looe is the expanse of Whitsand Bay. While attempting to run for the safety of Plymouth Sound many sailing ships became embayed, unable to sail around Rame Head. Wrecks were frequent and Looe men made many rescues before the lifeboat station was established.