Loftus Hill in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Loftus Hill, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

• Addlethorpe
• Aismunderby
• Aldfield
• Allerton [Mauleverer]
• Arkendale
• Askwith
• Azerley
• Barrowby [Grange]
• Beckwith [House]
• Besthaim
• Bestham
• Bewerley
• Bilton
• Birstwith

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Loftus Hill 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 Loftus Hill.

Listed Buildings Near Loftus Hill

Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Loftus Hill. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Loftus Hill - 0.56 km
• Barn to West of Loftus Hill - 0.59 km
• Dovecote of Pond House Farm, to west of house - 0.85 km
• Granary and Stable Block to North West of Pond House Farmhouse - 0.85 km
• Pond House Farmhouse - 0.87 km
• Long Cottage - 1.03 km
• Lake View Cottage Lake View Farmhouse - 1.05 km
• Long Cottage - 1.06 km
• Barn, Stable and Hayloft of Grange Barn, to West of House - 1.27 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Ferrensby - 1.4 km SW
• Staveley - 1.4 km NW
• Arkendale - 1.4 km SE
• Clareton - 2.8 km SE
• Walkingham Hill - 3.0 km W
• Farnham - 3.2 km W