In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Loose like this:
LOOSE, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Maidstone district, Kent. The village stands on a rivulet of its own name, 2½ miles S of Maidstone r. station; is a picturesque place, surrounded by hop and fruit gardens; includes a sort of Suburb called Well-street; and has a post office under Staplehurst. ...
The parish comprises 960 acres. Real property, £6,759. Pop., 1,573. Houses, 337. The Loose rivulet is sluggish, drives several paper and corn mills, flows about ½ a mile underground, and goes to the Medway. There are a brewery and several rag-stone quarries. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £488. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church consists of nave, chancel, and a recent aisle; has a tower and spire; and was recently repaired. A tract which had a pop. of 43 in 1861 is included in the chapelry of Tovil. There are a national school, and charities £3.—The sub-district contains seven parishes. Acres, 7,916. Pop., 5,867. Houses, 1,207.
Loose through time
Loose is now part of Maidstone district. Click here for graphs and data of how Maidstone has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Loose itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Loose, in Maidstone and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6263
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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