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Shag Looe

Other OS name in the Parish of Wareham Lady St Mary & St Martin

Historical Forms

  • Shaggloo 1811 OS
  • Shagrock 1609,1626 Hutch1

Etymology

, Shaggloo 1811 OS, a channel in Poole Harbour, namedfrom Shagrock 1609, 1626 Hutch1 , perhaps from shag ' cormorant ' , with rokke , lo , cf. Wood Bar Looe infra and Broad Looe in Arne par . supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement