South Loftus in the Domesday Book (1086)
South Loftus appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Langbaurgh
- Acklam
- Airy [Holme]
- Aislaby
- Arnodestorp
- Baldebi
- Barnaby
- Barwick
- Battersby
- Bergolbi
- Berguluesbi
- Blaten [Carr]
- Borrowby
- Breck
- Brotton
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name South Loftus 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 South Loftus.
Listed Buildings Near South Loftus
Historic England records 32 listed buildings within about a mile of South Loftus. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Linden House - 0.63 km
- Boundary Wall Between Kingdom Hall and Dam Street - 0.69 km
- 8, St Hilda’s Place - 0.72 km
- 2-7, St Hilda’s Place - 0.73 km
- Kingdom Hall - 0.74 km
- Blanchland - 0.74 km
- White Horse Public House - 0.75 km
- Barclays Bank - 0.76 km
- Church of St Leonard - 0.76 km
- 1, East Crescent - 0.76 km
- 2 and 3, East Crescent - 0.76 km
- Stable House - 0.77 km
- Drinking Fountain, Trough, War Memorial, Steps and Railings, South-east of No. 39 - 0.77 km
- Golden Lion Hotel - 0.77 km
- Old Beck Cottage - 0.78 km
- Town Hall - 0.79 km
- 36 and 37, High Street - 0.79 km
- The Presbytery - 0.79 km
- Pear Tree Cottage - 0.8 km
- Number 38, Area Retaining Wall, Gatepiers and Angle Piers. - 0.8 km
- 32, 33 and 34, High Street - 0.8 km
- Abrams Buildings - 0.8 km
- The Angel Inn - 0.81 km
- Former National Westminster Bank - 0.81 km
…and 8 more listed structures in the area.
South Loftus Today
Today South Loftus lies within the administrative area of Redcar and Cleveland, and the settlement recorded a population of 7,812 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Loftus on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Roskelthorpe - 0.0 km N
- Loftus - 1.4 km NW
- Easington - 2.2 km NE
- Kilton - 2.2 km NW
- Liverton - 2.2 km SW
- Kilton Thorpe - 3.0 km W
Heritage Around [South] Loftus
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Chris Twigg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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