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As there has been criticism of the use of Lockwood as a place-name for this image
SE1114 : Blackmoorfoot Road, Crosland Hill, Lockwood I have compiled some notes on the administrative history of Lockwood. Firstly I should explain that it is my policy to give as the last place-name in a title the civil parish or equivalent in whose territory the subject lies. This is not the same thing as a settlement name, which in the case of Lockwood would only apply to the part of the territory near to the River Holme.

Here is a map showing the boundary of the former civil parish of Lockwood, together with some old internal boundaries: http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6226/lockwoodmap1qv.jpg

Lockwood was a township of the ancient parish of Almondbury, and had two hamlets or divisions: North Crosland and Crosland Half. The boundary between these was from Lockwood Bridge up Swan Lane and Dry Clough to Sands House. North Crosland was a vill named Crosland in Domesday Book, one of two with that name, the other being South Crosland. In the Middle Ages North Crosland also included the area of Linthwaite. North Crosland was in the Manor of Wakefield, whereas Crosland Half was at one time in the Honour of Pontefract, thus perhaps explaining the reason for the division of the township.

Lockwood became a civil parish in 1866, and although it entered the Borough of Huddersfield in 1868 (County Borough from 1889) it remained a civil parish until 1924. The County Borough was abolished in 1974 and Lockwood is now just a part of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough.