Locksgreen, Isle of Wight
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A farmhouse at Locksgreen | |
The main road through Locksgreen, Locks Green Road | |
Locksgreen Location within the Isle of Wight | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | Isle of Wight |
Locksgreen (also spelt Locks Green or Lock's Green) is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight, in the civil parish of Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield.[1] There are 2 Grade II listed buildings in the hamlet, called Locks Green Dairy and Locks Farmhouse.[2][3][4]
The hamlet borders a site of special scientific interest, the Newtown Harbour SSSI.[5][6]
Name
The name derives from the surname Lokke, a family who possessed land there from the 14th century. Other names derived from the surname are Lokkesland (1387), Lockesplace (1507) and (Little) Locks (1769).[7]
School
The school in Locksgreen opened in the 1800's[8] closed in 1949, with the pupils being transferred to the Shalfleet School.[9] Fred Long, who attended the school, and farmed at Westover, Park Place and Hillis farms said:[10]
Yeah, the teachers at Locks Green were typical old schoolmarms. You know. Seemed to me they just had a grudge against nippers. Because a lot of 'em, see, it was just after the war and they'd 'a' lost their boyfriends and that, in the war and they had a grudge against you.
References
- ^ "Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
- ^ "Locks Green Dairy, Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield - 1218591 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
- ^ "Locks Farmhouse, Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield - 1209321 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
- ^ "Map Search | Search the List: Map Search | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
- ^ "Sites of Special Scientific Interest (England)". naturalengland-defra.opendata.arcgis.com. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
- ^ "SSSI detail". designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
- ^ Mills, A.D (1996). The Place-Names of The Isle of Wight. Shaun Tyas.
- ^ Blythe Smart, John (2024). Isle of Wight Historic Sights Volume II: Churches. Freshwater, Isle of Wight: Blythe Smart Publications. ISBN 9781999854034.
- ^ "Shalfleet School". Wightpedia. 2 September 2026.
- ^ "Island Voices". www.iwhistory.org.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2026.