Loftus is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Waupley, Wapley, Street Houses, and South Lofthouse.
Alternative names: Lofthouse, Loftus in Cleveland
Riding: North Riding
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1697
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LOFTHOUSE, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Guisbrough district, N. R. Yorkshire. The Village stands 1½ mile from the coast, 4¾ ESE of Saltburn r. station, and 7 NE by E of Guisbrough; and has a post-office under Redcar, and a customary weekly market on Thursday.
The parish contains also the hamlets of South Lofthouse, Wapley, and Street-Houses. Acres, 3,935; of which 160 are water. Real property, £5,849: of which £215 are in mines, and £741 in ironworks. Pop. in 1851, 1,192; in 1861, 1,103. Houses, 253. The property is divided among a few.
The manor belongs to the Earl of Zetland. Lofthouse Hall is a chief residence. Aluminous rocks abound; and there are alum works, stone quarries, and brick and tile works. A fine plesiosaurus was found here, and is now in the Yorkshire museum. A circular mound, with an ancient entrenchment, is W of the village.
A small Benedictine priory stood at Handall, 1 mile S; was founded in 1133 by William Percy; occupied a charming site, among glens and dales, with a fine view of the ocean; and has left scarcely any vestiges. A sword of Sir R. Bruce, of the time of Elizabeth, was discovered on the site of the chapter-house, under a stone coffin, inscribed “the snake-killer;” and that coffin is supposed to have contained the remains of a valiant young knight who rescued an earl’s daughter from a serpent in Scaw-wood.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £575. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt in 1811, after designs by Bonomi. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. John Hopkinson, the antiquary, who was so highly respected during the civil war of Charles I., as to receive letters of protection from the rival commanders in Yorkshire, was a resident; and Gen. the Hon. Sir R. Dundas died here in 1844.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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England, Yorkshire, Lofthouse (near Guisbrough) – Cemeteries ( 7 )
Burial index and registers; and grave register, 1857-1996
Author: Lofthouse Burial Board. Cemetery (Lofthouse, near Guisbrough, Yorkshire)
Memorial inscriptions, East Loftus cemetery, Cleveland, 1850-1950
Author: Mitchell, S. C.; Blaney, O.
Memorial inscriptions, St. Leonard’s Cemetery, Loftus, Cleveland, 1750-1900
Author: Mitchell, S. C.; Blaney, O.
Monumental inscriptions for Newton Memorial Church, Loftus
Author: Cleveland Family History Society
Monumental inscriptions for Newton Memorial Church, Loftus, Cleveland, 1830-1910
Monumental inscriptions, East Loftus cemetery
Author: Cleveland Family History Society
Monumental inscriptions, St. Leonard’s churchyard, Lofthouse, Cleveland
Author: Cleveland Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Lofthouse (near Guisbrough) – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Loftus, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Yorkshire, Lofthouse (near Guisbrough) – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
1851 census for Loftus (N. Yks.) : census no. HO 107, piece ref. 2375
Author: Cleveland Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Lofthouse (near Guisbrough) – Church records ( 9 )
Baptisms for Staithes Circuit, 1878-1947
Author: Primitive Methodist Church. Staithes Circuit (Yorkshire)
Births and baptisms, 1832-1837
Author: Ebenezer Chapel (Lofthouse, Yorkshire : Independent)
Births and baptisms, 1832-1837
Author: Ebenezer Chapel (Lofthouse, Yorkshire : Independent)
Bishop’s transcripts for Lofthouse, 1600-1633
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lofthouse (near Guisbrough, Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Loftus, parish registers : St. Leonard’s Church, 1696-1911
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lofthouse (near Guisbrough, Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)
Marriage register for Newton Memorial Methodist Chapel, Lofthouse, 1902-1940
Author: Newton Memorial Methodist Chapel (Lofthouse)
Marriage register for the Deepdale Methodist Church, Lofthouse, 1936-1971
Author: Deepdale Road Methodist Church (Lofthouse)
Parish register transcripts, 1600-1872
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lofthouse (near Guisbrough, Yorkshire)
Parish register transcripts, 1697-1812
Author: Church of England. St. Leonard’s Church (Lofthouse)
England, Yorkshire, Lofthouse (near Guisbrough) – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Lofthouse by Saltburn, Ebenezer Independent, Yorks., Eng
Computer printout of Loftus or Lofthouse, Yorks., Eng
An indexed transcript of the Methodist baptism register, Staithes Circuit : (Loftus and Staithes Circuit from 1941)
Author: Taylor, D. W.
Parish register printouts of Lofthouse, Yorkshire, England (Independent Church, Ebenezer Chapel) ; christenings, 1832-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Yorkshire, Lofthouse (near Guisbrough) – History ( 1 )
Souvenir coronation year book, 2nd June, 1953
Author: Loftus Urban District Council
England, Yorkshire, Lofthouse (near Guisbrough) – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls for the manor of North Lofthouse, 1581-1700
Author: Manor of North Lofthouse. Court (Yorkshire)
Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Guisborough
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: Cleveland
- Poor Law Union: Guisborough
- Hundred: Langbaurgh
- Province: York
