Loftus History
Street Houses - 1891 Census
James Thornton / head / M / 47 / Cowkeeper & Milkseller / Hutton, Yks
Ann Thornton / wife / M / 45 / Drypool, Yks
John Boyers / nephew / S / 9 / Margrove Park, Yks
Ethel M Boyers / niece / S / 13 / Guisborough, Yks
2.
UNINHABITED
3.
William Dowey / head / Wid / 60 / Ironstone Miner / Lofthouse, Yks
Thomas Dowey / son / S / 27 / Lofthouse, Yks
John G Suggett / gd son / / 5 / Lofthouse, Yks
Jane Suggett / serv / Wid / 67 / Housekeeper / Hinderwell, Yks
4.
UNINHABITED
5.
George Brignall / head / M / 34 / Ironstone Miner / Lofthouse, Yks
Isabella Brignall / wife / M / 30 / Westmoreland
Mary J Brignall / daug / S / 11 / Lofthouse, Yks
Margaret Brignall / daug / S / 10 / Lofthouse, Yks
Annie C Briganll / daug / S / 9 / Lofthouse, Yks
Ellen Brignall / daug / S / 7 / Lofthouse, Yks
Eliza M Brignall / daug / S / 3 / Lofthouse, Yks
John W Brignall / son / S / 2 / Lofthouse, Yks
6.
Robert Dowey / head / M / 50 / Ironstone Miner / Lofthouse, Yks
Hannah J Dowey / wife / M / 48 / Skelton, Yks
Alice E Atkinson / boarder / S / 15 / Brotton, Yks
Georege Winter / boarder / S / 8 / Lofthouse, Yks
Michael Dowey / nephew / S / 5 / Skelton, Yks
7.
Francis Suggitt / head / M / 37 / Ironstone Miner / Easington, Yks
Sarah A Suggitt / wife / M / 33 / Lofthouse, Yks
Jane Suggitt / daug / S / 14 / Lofthouse, Yks
Margaret Suggitt / daug / S / 12 / Lofthouse, Yks
Sarah A Suggitt / daug / S / 11 / Lofthouse, Yks
Fanny Suggitt / daug / S / 7 / Lofthouse, Yks
Anne Suggitt / daug / S / 5 / Lofthouse, Yks
Thomas Suggitt / son / S / 3 / Lofthouse, Yks
Hannah Suggitt / daug / S / 1 / Lofthouse, Yks
8.
Joseph Tyreman / head / M / 85 / Lofthouse, Yks
Jane Tyreman / wife / M / 74 / Lofthouse, Yks
James Parker / boarder / S / 37 / General Labourer / Lofthouse, Yks
9.
John H Hutchinson / head / M / 36 / Ironstone Miner / Hinderwell, Yks
Margaret A Hutchinson / wife / M / 33 / Skinningrove, Yks
Annie Hutchinson / daug / S / 10 / Lofthouse, Yks
10.
Edward Hird / head / M / 32 / Ironstone Miner / Marske by Sea, Yks
Elizabeth M Hird / wife / M / 26 / Skelton, Yks
11.
Thomas Hird / head / M / 48 / Ironstone Miner / Hirst, Yks
Susannah Hird / wife / M / 38 / Lofthouse, Yks
Isabella Hird / daug / S / 9 / Lofthouse, Yks
T William Hird / son / S / 7 / Lofthouse, Yks
Eleanor Hird / daug / S / 6 / Lofthouse, Yks
James March / cousin / S / 55 / Hirst, Yks
12.
John W Tyreman / head / M / 28 / Ironstone Miner / Lofthouse, Yks
Eliza Tyreman / wife / M / 27 / Hinderwell, Yks
Albert P Tyreman / son / S / 2 / Lofthouse, Yks
13.
David Simpson / head / M / 41 / Ironstone Miner / Lofthouse, Yks
Jane Simpson / wife / M / 42 / Guisborough, Yks
George T Simpson / son / S / 14 / Lofthouse, Yks
Joseph S Simpson / son / S / 11 / Lofthouse, Yks
Frances E Simpson / son / S / 9 / Lofthouse, Yks
Elizabeth A Simpson / daug / S / 7 / Lofthouse, Yks
Samuel Simpson / son / S / 5 / Lofthouse, Yks
Andrew Simpson / son / S / 3 / Lofthouse, Yks
Benjamin Simpson / son / S / 1 / Lofthouse, Yks
Joseph Robinson / visitor / Wid / 52 / Yarm, Yks
Street Farm,
Street Houses
William Garbutt / head / M / 61 / Farmer / Easington, Yks
Esthher Garbutt / wife / M / 50 / Danby, Yks
Margaret Garbutt / daug / S / 25 / Lofthouse, Yks
John T Garbutt / son / S / 20 / Lofthouse, Yks
Mary Garbutt / daug / S / 19 / Lofthouse, Yks
Frederick Garbutt / son / S / 16 / Lofthouse, Yks
The Street House Long Barrow at Loftus lies on the Cleveland coastline between Saltburn and Staithes. This area was the final resting place for many Bronze Age individuals. They erected numerous burial mounds, many of which still survive. The excavation of a Bronze Age mound at Street House was prompted by the threat of plough damage and the need to record the monument before it was destroyed. At this point of the project the excavators did not realise that they would be dealing with a complex sequence of deposits that would include a unique Neolithic mortuary structure.
Silent and deserted stand the empty cottages which formed the hamlet of Street Houses.
Historical hamlet will be no more
The Roman Road runs through the centre of the hamlet of Street Houses, which lies about a mile from Loftus, but after this week-end the hamlet will be completely deserted.
It has been decided that the ten cottages have served their purpose and already the residents of nine have moved out to other accommodation.
The picturesque stone-built cottages stand in a district which abounds with historical interest. They have seen smuggling, the nearby alum works in production, and later some of their residents worked in the Ironstone mines.
Empty and Gone
Only a short distance away the four cottages at Micklow are also standing empty, and nearby Gallihowe - a well known name in the district comprising a house and cottage formerly used by the manager and foreman of the alum works - is now no more.
Only a few yards away stands Street Farm, where Mr. W. Garbutt is the fith member of his family to hold the tenancy - they have been there for 130 years. The farm of course will remain, but Mr. Garbutt said: "This used to be a lovely little village, and in years gone by each cottager kept a cow, poultry and a pig".
He views the change with regret. Formerly he had house-holders in the immediate vicinity. Now with the exception of his sister Mrs. Mary Campbell, the lst resident in Street Houses, the hamlet is deserted, with grass already growing in the cottage gardens.
Will feel 'shut in'
Born at Street Farm, Mrs Campbell has lived at Street Houses all her life, and in the present cottage for 27 years.
On Monday, with her husband, their two sons and daughter, she will be moving to a council house on the new Easington estate. The move is also viewed with reget by Mrs. Campbell, who said: "After living here all my life I think I am going to feel 'shut in' on the estate."
at the entrance to the hamlet stands a large building, with the inscription on the front: "Primitive Methodist Chapel AD 1872". It is now used as a shed for farm implements
It's cold these days in the silent, undulating countryside just back from the cliff top near Loftus. Cold, even for the four lonely men who are out there every day making rubble out of the decaying homes that are linked with the Romans.
They are linked with those ancient warriors, if only because the Roman road curls its way across the country, dips down into the hamlet of fast-disappearing cottages and surges up over mighty Boulby to disappear on its journey southwards.
Soon there will be only a big heap of rubble, a few stacks of stones and bricks that are worthy of salvage and a thick new wall providing a fresh boundry to a field.
Almost bare handed these four men are pulling apart the hamlet of Street Houses, a deserted community on the fringe of the Zetland Estate. It's a comparatively easy job. The thick sandstone walls that look firm are held weakly together with mortar that has collapsed with the passage of time.
The Coldest
One of the four is Mr John Linsey, of Loftus, who has helped rip off the roofs of eight houses so far. He was getting rid of some of the tons of stone, tiles and rubbish yesterday... and even if it's heavy work, he was wearing his top coat. "This is the coldest place there is" he said.
It will be a few weeks yet before Street Houses is completely a thing of the past, a few weeks before the wet walls, the rotting window frames and the timber that saw better days before woodworm called in, have been hauled apart.
But, already, the Garbutt family feels the change. It is a few months since the other people in Street Houses moved out in preparation for the day the Zetland Estate demolition crew would arrive, but the Garbuttts are still not used to their absence.
The Garbutts have been at Street Farm for 130 years, and the present tenant Mr W. Garbutt, is the fifth member of the family to farm it.
Today, he finds it strange. "Everyone was so neighbourly" he told me. "You know what village life is like, and now it's gone."
Mr Garbutt wanted to buy the village. He had hoped to modernise those little homes and make Street Houses a model village. I would have hated to tackle it.
But Mr Garbutt didn't get the chance. As a result, Street Houses will soon be as dead as the Romans.
A few shovels, two barrows, a steel rod, a couple of hefty picks and the power of four pairs of arms. That's all that is needed to remove a village standing where history abounds