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Lofthouse Colliery Disaster Memorial - Batley Road - Geograph
Lofthouse may refer to: Locations * Lofthouse, North Yorkshire * Lofthouse, West Yorkshire * Lofthouse, a former name of Loftus, North Yorkshire * Lofthouse and Outwood railway station People * Alan Lofthouse, South African bowler * Andrew Lofthouse, Australian news presenter * Geoffrey Lofthouse, Baron Lofthouse of Pontefract (1925–2012), British politician * James Lofthouse (footballer, born 1894) (born 1894), British footballer * Joe Lofthouse (1865–1919), English footballer * Joseph Lofthouse, Jr. (1880–1962), Canadian bishop * Joseph Lofthouse, Sr. (1855–1933), Canadian bishop * Joy Lofthouse (1923-2017), British WW2 pilot * Mark Lofthouse (born 1957), Canadian ice hockey player * Nat Lofthouse (1925–2011), British footballer Other * Lofthouse Colliery disaster *Lofthouse of Fleetwood Lofthouse of Fleetwood Ltd. is a British family-owned company based in Fleetwood on the Lancashire coast. It was headed by Tony Lofthouse until his death in 2018; he was the fourt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lofthouse, North Yorkshire
Lofthouse is a small village in Nidderdale in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England about a mile south of Middlesmoor. It is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Fountains Earth. Lofthouse has a primary school, memorial village hall and public house, the ''Crown Hotel''. The post office in the village closed in August 2014, and was replaced by a post office in the cafe at nearby How Stean Gorge, also now closed. The toponym is from the Old Norse ''lopt hús'', meaning "houses with lofts". The Nidderdale Caves lie just north of the village. The River Nidd runs underground through the caves and emerges at Nidd Heads, just south of the village. The normally dry surface bed of the river passes the village to the west. Between 1907 and 1929 Lofthouse had a railway station, the public passenger terminus of the Nidd Valley Light Railway. The station was named Lofthouse-in-Nidderdale railway station to avoid confusion with Lofthouse and Outwood railway stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lofthouse, West Yorkshire
Lofthouse is a village between the cities of Wakefield and Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. The village falls within the Ardsley and Robin Hood ward of the City of Leeds Council. It is in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough but with a Wakefield postal address (WF3). It is mentioned as ''Locthuse'', also as ''Loftose'' in the 1086 Domesday Book. Lofthouse has good road connections to its nearby boroughs as well as to the rest of Northern England. It can be found on the main A61 Leeds-Wakefield road and off junction 29 of the M62 and junction 42 of the M1, known locally as the Lofthouse interchange. Lofthouse Gate and Outwood are neighbouring villages on the A61 towards Wakefield and are in the Wakefield Metropolitan Area. Towards Leeds there is the village of Robin Hood. There are two churches, Christ Church (Church of England) and Lofthouse Methodist Church, a doctor's surgery and the Rodillian Academy. Lofthouse Children's Centre is located in the Rodillian Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loftus, North Yorkshire
Loftus is a town and civil parish located north of the North York Moors, England. It is in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire. At the 2011 census, the town's parish population was 7,988. The parish includes the villages of Carlin How, Easington, Liverton, Liverton Mines and Skinningrove. The town was formerly known as Lofthouse. The town's built-up area, including Liverton Mines, had a populatation of 4,824. It is near Brotton, Saltburn and Skelton-in-Cleveland. History The Loftus area has been inhabited since at least the 7th century. Folkloric evidence includes a house owned by Sigurd the Dane, who features in Macbeth as Siward, real evidence has been unearthed in recent times to support the picture of ancient settlement in the area. Loftus is recorded as "Lcotvsv" in the ''Domesday book'', from ''Laghthus'' meaning low houses. The Methodist preacher John Wesley is known to have preached in Loftus. Anglo-Saxon royal burial site The only known Anglo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lofthouse And Outwood Railway Station
Lofthouse and Outwood railway station served the Outwood area of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It was opened by the Methley Joint Railway in 1869, 1876 and closed in 1957. Here the line from Lofthouse Junction on the line between Cutsyke and Methley of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway joined the GNR line between Leeds and Wakefield in a triangular junction, of which the station formed the southern corner. It was situated south of Outwood railway station Outwood railway station is situated in the Outwood district of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Outwood is the first stop on the Wakefield Line after Leeds for trains going towards Wakefield Westgate, Doncaster and Sheffield. History ... which was opened in 1988 and south of the bridge of Lingwell Gate Lane. References Disused railway stations in Wakefield Former Methley Joint Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1869 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1958 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Lofthouse
Alan Lofthouse is a former South African international lawn and indoor bowler. He won a gold medal in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Robert Rayfield, Donald Piketh and Neil Burkett Neil Anthony Burkett (born 16 March 1948) is a South African international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Burkett won two World Bowls Championship medals; a fours bronze at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing and a sil .... In November 2014, Alan Lofthouse and Geoff Perrow won the Western Province pairs. References External links * Living people South African male bowls players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Year of birth missing (living people) Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Lofthouse
Andrew Lofthouse (born 1962 or 1963) is a television and radio newsreader based in Brisbane, Australia. The former teacher is the weeknight presenter of ''Nine News Queensland'' with Melissa Downes, having previously presented on weekends. Prior to working at ''Nine News'', he presented the weekday evening news bulletin of '' ABC News Queensland'', as well as reading the news on the 612 ABC Brisbane radio station on weekday afternoons. Lofthouse started his broadcasting career at a community radio station on the Gold Coast and began working for ABC Radio (in Rockhampton) in 1990. He moved to ABC Radio Brisbane (then called 612 4QR, now 612 ABC Brisbane) at the end of 1993. In 2003, he began working on ABC television (whilst also reading ABC Radio news bulletins). In 2003 Andrew Lofthouse was named the 2003 "Queensland TV Personality of the Year" in an online poll conducted by 612 ABC Brisbane. Lofthouse is also a musician with the alternative rock band Let's Go Naked which has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Lofthouse, Baron Lofthouse Of Pontefract
Geoffrey Lofthouse, Baron Lofthouse of Pontefract, JP (18 December 1925 – 1 November 2012), popularly known in his former constituency as Geoff Lofthouse, was a British Labour politician, MP and life peer. Early life He was born in Featherstone, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of Ernest Lofthouse, a farm labourer in Micklefield, and Emma (née Fellows). His father died at the age of 35. At the age of 14, Geoff Lofthouse went to work at Ackton Hall Colliery in Featherstone. At age 29, he was the president of the local branch of the NUM. He went to the University of Leeds, gaining a BA in Political Studies in 1957, when he was 32 years old. In 1962, he became a councillor on Pontefract Borough Council. He was mayor of Pontefract in 1967, and leader of the council from 1969 to 1973. Parliamentary career He was MP for Pontefract and Castleford from a 1978 by-election until his retirement at the 1997 general election. In the House of Commons, he served from 1992 until hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Lofthouse (footballer, Born 1894)
James Lofthouse (24 March 1894 – 1954) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for The Wednesday, Rotherham County, Bristol Rovers and Queens Park Rangers. Personal life Lofthouse served as a sergeant in the Royal Berkshire Regiment and the Labour Corps during the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin .... Career statistics References English footballers St Helens Recreation F.C. players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players Reading F.C. players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Rotherham County F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Aldershot F.C. players English Football League players 1894 births Association football outside forwards 1954 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Lofthouse
Joseph Morris Lofthouse (14 April 1865 – 10 June 1919) was an English people, English association football, footballer. Playing career Joseph Lofthouse was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, Blackburn on 14 April 1865. A talented footballer he joined Blackburn Rovers, in 1882, from King's Own Lancaster Regiment who he signed for as a Youth player in 1881. Although only 18 years old he was a member of the team in the 1883–84 season. After Blackburn Rovers beat Notts County F.C., Notts County in the semi-final of the FA Cup, the club made an official complaint to the Football Association (FA) that John Inglis (footballer, born 1859), John Inglis was a professional player. The FA carried out an investigation into the case discovered that Inglis was working as a mechanic in Glasgow and was not earning a living playing football for Blackburn. Blackburn faced Queen's Park F.C., Queens Park in the final at the Oval. Lofthouse played at left-half. The Scottish club scored the first goa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Lofthouse, Jr
Joseph Lofthouse Jr. (1880–1962) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. Lofthouse was born on 17 March 1880. He was educated at the University of Toronto and ordained in 1907. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941 He was Incumbent of St James' Rainy River then a canon of St Alban's Pro-Cathedral, Keewatin, then a domestic and examining chaplain to the Bishop of Keewatin and Archdeacon of Kenora Kenora (), previously named Rat Portage (french: Portage-aux-Rats), is a city situated on the Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada, close to the Manitoba boundary, and about east of Winnipeg by road. It is the seat of Kenora District. The his ... before succeeding him in 1938. Lofthouse retired in 1953 and died on 13 July 1962. See also Joseph Lofthouse References 1880 births 1962 deaths 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops University of Toronto alumni Anglican archdeacons in North America Anglican bishops of Keewatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Lofthouse, Sr
Joseph Lofthouse, Sr., (18 December 1855 – 16 December 1933) was a Canadian Anglican bishop in the early 20th century. He was born in Yorkshire, went to Canada in 1882, was ordained in 1883 and began his ministry as a missionary at York Factory. He was later Archdeacon of Moosonee before being appointed as the first Bishop of Keewatin in 1902 and receiving a doctor of divinity degree from St. John's College in Winnipeg. The Hudson's Bay Company had neglected the spiritual welfare of its employees and the Indigenous people with whom they traded, so Lofthouse was sent out to found a church in Churchill, Manitoba. He and his guide Andrew Flett had to walk for eight days up the coast from York Factory through roadless country to meet Lofthouse's fiancée in Churchill. However, when the ship arrived a month late, Lofthouse found that Betsy Fallding had missed the boat. Since the ship had no proper accommodations for a lady, she had been refused passage. There being no more saili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy Lofthouse
Joy Lofthouse (14 February 1923 – 15 November 2017) was a British pilot having joined the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) as an ''ab initio'' pilot in December 1943. She went on to fly Spitfires and bombers for the Air Transport Auxiliary, and was one of only 168 "Attagirls" who served. Early life Lofthouse was born Joyce Gough, but was always known as Joy, in Cirencester and grew up in South Cerney, both in Gloucestershire. Career In 1943, 20-year-old Lofthouse and her elder sister Yvonne joined the Air Transport Auxiliary, after they saw an ad in a magazine which was seeking women to learn how to fly. Only 17 out of 2,000 applicants were accepted, including Joy, who had never even driven a car, and Yvonne. She was one of a total of 168 women who were members of the Air Transport Auxiliary. Her job was to deliver aircraft from the factories where they were made to the airfields where they were to be flown from by Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots. Lofthouse was able to fly 38 differe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
