English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Loftrans

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Lofterns 1767 PRGis
  • Lofterans 1791 ib

Etymology

, Lofterns 1767 PRGis,Lofterans 1791 ib , probably ' loft houses ' , v. lopt , rann 1 , cf. the common p.n. Lofthouse .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site