Lockwood is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the

unitary authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...

Redcar and Cleveland Redcar and Cleveland is a borough with unitary authority status in North Yorkshire, England. Its main settlements are Redcar, South Bank, Eston, Brotton, Guisborough, the Greater Eston part of Middlesbrough, Loftus, Saltburn and Skelton. Th ...

with ceremonial association with

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

, England. The population of Lockwood ward in the Redcar and Cleveland Unitary authority taken at the 2011 census was 2,022. The parish was historically in the

North Riding of Yorkshire The North Riding of Yorkshire is a subdivision of Yorkshire, England, alongside York, the East Riding and West Riding. The riding's highest point is at Mickle Fell with 2,585 ft (788 metres). From the Restoration it was used as ...

until 1974, when it was transferred to Cleveland. In 1996, it was given to the newer county of

Description

The larger part of the parish (to the south) is rural with a small section of moorland in the

North York Moors National Park North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

. The parish covers over of land between

Guisborough Guisborough ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It lies north of the North York Moors National Park. Roseberry Topping, midway between the town and Great Ayton, is a landmark i ...

to the west,

Skinningrove Skinningrove is a village in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. Its name is of Old Norse etymology and is thought to mean ''skinners' grove or pit''. History The village had an agricultural and fishing economy until the opening ...

to the north,

Staithes Staithes is a seaside village in the borough of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. Easington and Roxby Becks, two brooks that run into Staithes Beck, form the border between the Borough of Scarborough and Redcar and Cleveland. The area l ...

to the east and

Commondale Commondale is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England that lies within the North York Moors National Park. The village is served by Commondale railway station. It has a small pub called The Clevelan ...

to the south. The

A171 road The A171 is a road in England that links the North Yorkshire towns of Middlesbrough, Guisborough, Whitby, Robin Hood's Bay and Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Scarborough. Locally it is known as The Moor Road. The road is mostly single carriagewa ...

runs diagonally north–south across the bottom corner of the parish and just south of Lockwood Beck is Lockwood Beck Reservoir. The reservoir covers a surface area of and has a perimeter of . It was built in 1872 and feeds water into Lockwood Beck, which flows into the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian S ...

as Kilton Beck. The reservoir is noted for its fishery and wildlife, with

nathusius’ pipistrelle Nathusius' pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus nathusii'') is a small bat in the genus ''Pipistrellus''. It is very similar to the common pipistrelle and has been overlooked in many areas until recently but it is widely distributed across Europe. It was ...

bats and

osprey The osprey (''Pandion haliaetus''), , also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor reaching more than in length and across the wings. It is brown o ...

s being recorded at the site. The southern part of the parish is peppered with

Neolithic The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts ...

Barrows and scheduled monuments, whereas the north part is more populated and has a history of ironstone mining. Both Kilton and

Lingdale Lingdale is a village in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The village was created with the advent of ironstone mining in the area, in the early 19th century. History Lingda ...

had mines that supplied iron to the forges and smelters on

Teesside Teesside () is a built-up area around the River Tees in the north of England, split between County Durham and North Yorkshire. The name was initially used as a county borough in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Historically a hub for heavy manu ...

. These were linked via industrial railways into the national network at

Boosbeck Boosbeck is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The name is Viking in origin and means "the stream near a cow shed". Between 1878 and 1960, the village had a Boosbeck railway ...

. The hamlet of Kilton has the now

grade I listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

ruins of a 13th-century castle. A timber constructed castle had existed on the site previously to the stone being built between 1190 and 1200. It was partially abandoned in the 14th century and by the 16th century, it was described as being worthless. Lockwood is the location of one of three ventilation shafts for the new

tunnel A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, and enclosed except for the entrance and exit, commonly at each end. A pipeline is not a tunnel, though some recent tunnels have used immersed tube cons ...

carrying polyhalite from

Woodsmith Mine Woodsmith Mine is a deep potash and polyhalite mine located near to the hamlet of Sneatonthorpe, Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. The venture was started by York Potash Ltd, which became a subsidiary of Sirius Minerals plc whose primary focus ...

to Wilton on Teesside. Roadworks to accommodate new traffic on the A171 road were completed in 2017 with groundworks on the shaft and tunnel being started in 2018. The parish includes the hamlets and villages of; *Aysdalegate *

Charltons Charltons is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located south of Saltburn-by-the-Sea on the A171. The village was named after Thomas Charlton who built the cottages f ...

* Kilton * Kilton Thorpe *

*Little Moorsholm * Margrove Park * Moorsholm *Slapewath * Stanghow

References

External links

Official Parish council webpage
{{Redcar and Cleveland Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Places in the Tees Valley Redcar and Cleveland