Lofthouse in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Lofthouse is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Skyrack

• Adel
• Allerton [Bywater]
• Alwoodley
• Arthington
• Austhorpe
• Baildon
• Bardsey
• Barwick [in Elmet]
• Bichertun
• Bicherun
• Bingley
• Birkby [Hill]
• Bramhope
• Burden [Head]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Lofthouse is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Lofthouse.

Listed Buildings Near Lofthouse

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Lofthouse. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Milestone Approximately 100 Metres North of Entrance to Lofthouse Grange - 0.32 km
• Gatepiers, Quadrant Walls, Railings and Gates at Lofthouse Lodge - 0.35 km
• Lofthouse Farmhouse - 0.48 km
• The Grey Stone, Approximately 350 Metres South East of New Bridge - 1.19 km
• Rough Bridge - 1.27 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Lofthouse

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Lofthouse:

• Carved rock known as the Grey Stone in Grey Stone Pasture, Harewood Park, 370m south east of New Bridge - 1.19 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Wike - 1.4 km SE
• Stub House - 2.0 km W
• Harewood - 2.0 km N
• Mortune - 2.0 km N
• Newhall - 2.0 km N
• Stockton - 2.2 km NE