Loftsome
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wressell
Historical Forms
- Lofthus 1208 FF
- Lusthus (sic) 1226 FF
- Lofth(o)usum 1251 FF 1358 Works
- Loftheusum 1335 FF
- Loftesum, Loftesom 1362 Works, FF
- Loftisum in Spaldyngmore 1368 FF
- Loftsum 1401 YI
- Loftsome 1600 FF 1650 ParlSurv
Etymology
'At the houses with lofts,' from OScand í lopthúsum , dat. plur. of lopthus . The name is fairly common in Yorkshire. On the loss of the medial syllable cf. Goxhill supra 66.