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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Loosebarrow like this:
LOOSEBARROW, a hundred in Wareham and Wimborne divisions, Dorset; containing Almer, Morden, and Spetisbury parishes. Acres of the Wareham part, 6,574. Pop. in 1851,1,018. Houses, 199. Acres of the Wimborne part, 1,161. Pop. in 1851,185. Houses, 36.
Loosebarrow is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Loosebarrow itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Loosebarrow in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20584
Date accessed: 12th February 2026
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