Loftus
Major Settlement in the Parish of Loftus
Historical Forms
- Loctus(h)um, Loctehusum 1086 DB
- Lofthus 12,13 Guis 1155–65 Whitby 1303 KF
- Loftus 1160–75 YCh a.1199 Guis
- Loftous 1285 KI
- Lofthuses, Lofthouses 1295,1300 Ebor 1301 LS
- Lofthowse, Lofthous 1316 Vill 1334,1339 Guis 1369 FF 1464 Test
Etymology
v. lopthus . The DB form represents the ON dat. plur. lopthúsum , as in Lofthouse near Harewood (YWR), DBLoctushun . For Locte - v. Loft Marishes 95supra .