Lofthouse
Major Settlement in the Parish of Rothwell
Historical Forms
- Locthuse, Loftose 1086 DB
- Lofthusũ 1166 P
- Lofthus(e) c.1200 YDi 13 1202 FF 1235 YDi 1243 Fees 1292 YI
- Lofthous(e) 1303 Aid 1315 WCR 1342 Surv 1388 YDvii 1606 FF
- Loftus 1250 DodsN 1277 WCR
- Loftas 1649 PRRth
- Lofthouses 1323 WCR
- Loftehouse 1379 PT 1547 FF
- Loftehowse 1596 FF
Etymology
'House with a loft or upper chamber', v. lopt-hús. This compound occurs several times in Y as Lofthouse (Harewood) pt. iv, (Fountains Earth) pt. v, (Sedbergh) pt. vi, Loftus (Staveley) pt. v infra , YN 140, Loftsome YE 243, and it was often originally a plur. name, sometimes as here in the dat.plur. (v. -um ).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Langley
- Ouzelwell Green
- Water Haigh Fm
- Woodlesford
- Banks Ho
- Bell Hill
- Haly Pasture
- The Heath
- Rothwell Haigh
- Royds Hall
- Stainer
- Swithins Fm
- Thwaite
- Carlton
Other OS name
- Becket Lane
- Brighteyes Row
- Bushy Cliffe Wood
- Carlton Carr
- Carlton Fields
- Castle Gate & Castle Head
- Coney Warren
- Dealtry Plant
- Holly Ho
- Howlet Cross
- Jumbles Lane
- Langley Wood
- Leadwell Lane
- Ledger Lane
- Lee Moor
- Lee Moor Gate
- Lofthouse Hill
- Matty Lane
- Milner Lane
- Well Close
- Westgate
- Balkcliffe
- Belle Isle
- Clapgate
- Conyers Spring
- Copley Fm
- Day Hole End
- Ebor Ho
- Glasshouse Fm
- Holme Well
- Sharp Ho
- West Fm
- West Wood
- Windmill Fm
- Windy Hill
- Applegarth
- Croft Bridge
- Eshald Ho & Eshald Well
- Pottery Lane
- Butcher Lane
- Carr Lane
- Church Field
- Church Well
- Colley Well
- Crier Cut
- Dandy Row
- Dungeon Lane
- Gillet Bridge
- Glasshouses
- The Goit
- Goslem
- Hopefield Fm
- Hope's Fm
- Ingram Parade
- Iveridge Hall
- Manor Ho
- Marsh St
- Mill Hill
- Newmarket Haigh
- The Paddock
- Patrick Green
- Urn Ho
- Wood End Fm
- Bowling Hall
- Castle Pit
- Dolphin Beck
- Kiddow Spring
- Thorpe Hall
- Thorpe Wood
- Whin Hill
- Hill Ho
- Pitfield
- Westfield
- Low Grange
- Throstle Carr Beck
- Greenland Fm
- Woodlands
- Haigh Fm & Haigh Ho
- Pindars Screed
- Valley Fm
- New Close Well
- Pymont Ho
- Robin Hood
- Ropery Ho
- Rothwell Haigh
- Royds Green
- Shayfield Lane
- Shop Lane
- Springwell
- Stainton Lane
- Swithins Well
- Town End
- Intake Lane
- Major Fm
- Middleton Grange
- Middleton Wood
- Mill Fm
- Nabbs End
- Newhall
- New Lane Fm
- Fleet Bridge & Fleet Lane
- Hesp Lane
- Highfield Ho
- The Hollins
- Holmsley Field
- Home Crofts
- Mill Ho
- Oulton Beck
- Oulton Green
- Oulton Hall
- Oulton Park
- Bridgefield Terrace
- Haigh Park
- Rothwell Beck
- West Fm
- Green End Fm
- Northfield
- West Beck & West Bridge
- Lingwell Syke
- Sissons Fm & Sissons Wood
- Fleet Mills
- Sugar Hill
- Bullough Lane
- Pickpocket Lane
- Rothwell Castle
- Royds Green
- Spring Head
- Springs Wood
- Sterroid Well
- Stone Bridge
- Stourton
- Stye Bank Lane
- Thwaite Mills