Lockwood
One-Name Study

Topics

• About the Lockwood One-Name Study
• Variants
• Origin of the surname
• Historical occurrences
• Distribution of the name
• Data
• DNA project
• Links
• Contact Details

About the Lockwood One-Name Study

The objective of the Lockwood One Name Study is to compile a comprehensive database of historical and genealogical records for the surname Lockwood. It will also include details of anything using the Lockwood name such as towns, geographical features, companies, ships, buildings and characters in films and books. This study was registered with the Guild of One Name Studies (member 3010) in 1998 as a Category C study (gathering data stage). It is one of the larger One Name studies with potentially about 50,000 Lockwoods for the UK alone. I am also a member of the Society of Genealogists.

Variants

The registered variants of the surname are de Lockwood, Lockwoode and Lockwoods. However there are many other variants including:-

LACKWOOD, LAKEWOOD, LAKEWORD, LEAKWOOD, LECKWOOD, LEEKWOOD, LICHWOOD, LICHWOOD, LOCHWOOD, LOCKEWOD, LOCKEWODDE, LOCKEWODE, LOCKEWOOD, LOCKEWOODE, LOCKEDWOOD, LOCKKOD, LOCKWARD, LOCKWOD, LOCKWODD, LOCKWODDE, LOCKWODE, LOCKUD, LOCWODE, LOKEWODE, LOKEWOOD, LOKWODE, LOKWOOD, LOKEWOD, LOKWOODE, LOOCKWOODE, LOOKWOOD, LOXWOOD

Origin of the surname

The Lockwood name means 'enclosed wood' and the surname denotes one whose place of residence or birth was Lockwood. It could be derived from one or more of the following locations:-

1. From the village of Lockwood (now a suburb of Huddersfield) in the parish of Almondbury, West Riding, Yorkshire.

2. Located north-east of Cheadle, Staffordshire are Lockwood Hall Farm, Lockwood Road, Lock Wood and Lockwood Waste. Ellastone, a village 5 miles to the east of Cheadle, has Lockwood records of 1305 and 1327. Ellastone is about 45 miles south of Lockwood.

3. From an area called Lockwood in Cleveland, North Yorkshire. There is the Lockwood Beck Reservoir and a Lockwood Primary School.

Historical occurrences

Lockwoods have been politicians, actors and actresses, explorers, military personnel, authors, sportsmen and businessmen. For more details please refer to my web page.

1. Margaret Mary Lockwood - Actress (1916-1990)

2. Harold Lockwood - Actor (1887 - 1918)

3. Gary Lockwood - Actor (1937 - )

4. Belva Anne Lockwood - US politics(1830 - 1917)

5. Betty Lockwood - House of Lords (1924 -

6. Frank Lockwood - QC, MP and Cartoonist (1846 - 1897)

7. Charles A. Lockwood - Commander US Pacific submarine fleet(1890 - 1967)

8. James Booth Lockwood - Artic Explorer (1852 - 1884)

9. William Henry Lockwood - England Cricketer (1868 - 1932)

10. Robert Lockwood, Jr - Blues musician (1915 - present)

11. Didier Lockwood - French jazz musician (1956 - present)

12. Annea Lockwood - New Zealand New Age musician (1939 - present)

13. LeGrand Lockwood - banking, railroad and steamship businessman (1820 - 1872)

Distribution of the name

The Lockwood surname is most strongly represented in Yorkshire. In the 1881 census 54.53% of Lockwoods lived in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The next highest percentage was London & Middlesex with 6.45% and then Suffolk with 5.67%.

In the 1881 census there were 6631 Lockwoods in England and Wales.

The estimated world population in 1991 was about 40,000 with 22,000 in the USA, 12,000 in the UK and 4,000 in Australia.

Data

Births, Marriages and Deaths England and Wales 1837 - 1877 (15,450 records) (Click here to view BMD records)

IGI Baptisms and Marriages in England 1450 - 1899 (13,847 records) - See my website below for more details (county totals only).

Wills 1450 -1999 (171 records) - See my website below for more details.

British Chancery Records 1386 - 1558 (38 records) - See my website below for more details.

DNA project

The Lockwood DNA Study was started in November 2004. Data has been collated from the Oxford Ancestors and FamilyTreeDNA laboratories. As of July 2008 there are 34 results. For more information please refer to my website - details below.

Links

Lockwood One Name Study web site

Contact details

For further information, contact:

Mr Peter R Lockwood
44 The Glade,
Stoneleigh,
Epsom,
Surrey
KT17 2HB
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

This page last updated 2 December 2009.

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