Lofthouse, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Parishes K-R West Riding  Lofthouse

Parish History
LOFTHOUSE, with Carlton, a township, in the parish of Rothwell, Lower division of the wapentake of Agbrigg, W. riding of York, 3½ miles (N.) fromWakefield; containing 1536 inhabitants. This township, which includes the manors and villages of Lofthouse and Carlton, comprises by computation 1810 acres: the soil is generally fertile, the commons having been inclosed under an act of parliament obtained in1836; the substrata are chiefly coal and freestone, of excellent quality. The village of Lofthouse is situated on the road from Leeds to Wakefield, along which it stretches for a considerable length; and about a mile tothe north-east of it, is the village of Carlton, many ofthe inhabitants of which are employed in the rope manufacture. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for £277, and the vicarial for £168. A church dedicated to Christ was erected at Lofthouse, in 1840, at an expense of £1050, of which £250 were granted bythe Ripon Diocesan, and £100 by the Incorporated,Society; it is a handsome structure in the early English style, and contains 392 sittings, of which 294 are free. A parsonage house, also, was erected in 1842, at a cost of £600, of which one moiety was paid by the Ripon Society; the sites for the chapel and house were given by Miss Harrison. The living is in the gift of the Vicar of Rothwell; net income, £120.There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

From:Lewis, Samuel A.,  A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 126-129. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51116 Date accessed: 08 September 2011..

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Church records
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Probate records
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