Hi Peter and Lila, Actually, Lofthouse & Loftus are NOT the same place. Lofthouse is in North Yorkshire and is near to Ripon/Pateley Bridge where as Loftus (where I spent most of my childhood) is on the east coast. They are about 75 miles apart! Regards Tracie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Appleton" <peter.appleton3@ntlworld.com> To: <ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 8:47 AM Subject: RE: [N'Yorks] Re: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-D Digest V03 #219 > Hi Lola, > > Yes, Lofthouse and Loftus are the same palce. The modern maps will show a > Loftus approximately 10-15 miles to the east of Middlesbrough. (Follow the > coastline east towards Whitby and Loftus is a couple of miles in from the > coast about halfway between the two places. > > regards, > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Yikasub@aol.com [mailto:Yikasub@aol.com] > Sent: 28 September 2003 23:52 > To: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [N'Yorks] Re: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-D Digest V03 #219 > > > Hi Listers, > > Wondering if someone can enlighten me. Loftus and Lofthouse are they the > same place. 1881 Census has my great grandfather living at 7 Wheatland Tce, > Lofthouse. Where exactly is this? I've looked on www.old maps but there > seem to > be a few Loftus places and I can't be sure exactly where it is.!!?? Maybe a > modern map would show it but no luck so far. > > Lola Husband > Fremantle Australia > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the *NEW* RootsWeb/Ancestry Message Boards yet? Take a > tour soon & learn how time-saving those "Gateway" messages are compared > to trying to find the *new* ones on your own. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the *NEW* RootsWeb/Ancestry Message Boards yet? Take a > tour soon & learn how time-saving those "Gateway" messages are compared > to trying to find the *new* ones on your own. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

The Loftus near the east coast was known as Lofthouse during the 1800s and appears as such on some censuses etc. I know this as I, too spent my childhood near Loftus and my ancestors appear on censuses as living at Lofthouse. Christine Sorensen-Jones -----Original Message----- From: Tracie Geelan [mailto:tracie.g@btinternet.com] Sent: 29 September 2003 13:49 To: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [N'Yorks] Re: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-D Digest V03 #219 Hi Peter and Lila, Actually, Lofthouse & Loftus are NOT the same place. Lofthouse is in North Yorkshire and is near to Ripon/Pateley Bridge where as Loftus (where I spent most of my childhood) is on the east coast. They are about 75 miles apart! Regards Tracie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Appleton" <peter.appleton3@ntlworld.com> To: <ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 8:47 AM Subject: RE: [N'Yorks] Re: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-D Digest V03 #219 > Hi Lola, > > Yes, Lofthouse and Loftus are the same palce. The modern maps will show a > Loftus approximately 10-15 miles to the east of Middlesbrough. (Follow the > coastline east towards Whitby and Loftus is a couple of miles in from the > coast about halfway between the two places. > > regards, > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Yikasub@aol.com [mailto:Yikasub@aol.com] > Sent: 28 September 2003 23:52 > To: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [N'Yorks] Re: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-D Digest V03 #219 > > > Hi Listers, > > Wondering if someone can enlighten me. Loftus and Lofthouse are they the > same place. 1881 Census has my great grandfather living at 7 Wheatland Tce, > Lofthouse. Where exactly is this? I've looked on www.old maps but there > seem to > be a few Loftus places and I can't be sure exactly where it is.!!?? Maybe a > modern map would show it but no luck so far. > > Lola Husband > Fremantle Australia > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the *NEW* RootsWeb/Ancestry Message Boards yet? Take a > tour soon & learn how time-saving those "Gateway" messages are compared > to trying to find the *new* ones on your own. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the *NEW* RootsWeb/Ancestry Message Boards yet? Take a > tour soon & learn how time-saving those "Gateway" messages are compared > to trying to find the *new* ones on your own. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== ROLL CALLS? Not permitted unless instituted by the List Admin. But post your interests and areas of search often. New members join every day. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I was very confused about the Loftus, Lofthouse situation myself. My grandfather is stated as living in Lofthouse in the 1881 census and his birth certificate says Lofthouse. I know that it is the present day Loftus because of the numerous references that I have to other areas around there eg. Saltburn, Easington, Guisborough etc. However, according to the 1840 Pigot & Co`s British Atlas, Counties of England, today`s Loftus near the coast was known as Lofthouse and spelled as such. Todays`s Lofthouse near Ripon cannot even been located in that atlas of 1840 therefore does one assume it did not exist then or was a former village later renamed Lofthouse. If anyone lives near present day Lofthouse (near Ripon), it sure would be interesting to know the history of the name and when the place came into existence! Marlene