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LOFTSOME, a hamlet in Wressell parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the river Derwent, 3¼ miles NW of Howden. Pop., 20. A bridge here was built about the be ginning of the present century, and is of such construction as to allow vessels to pass.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wressell Parish Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Loftsome |
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