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 through time
Loosebarrow is now part of Purbeck district. Click here for graphs and data of how Purbeck has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Loosebarrow itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Loosebarrow, in Purbeck and Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20584
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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