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Locksgreen, Isle of Wight

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A farmhouse at Locksgreen
The main road through Locksgreen, Locks Green Road
Locksgreen is located in Isle of Wight
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Location within the Isle of Wight
Civil parish
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Region
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50°42′52″N 1°22′21″W / 50.7144°N 1.3725°W / 50.7144; -1.3725

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

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Former school and chapel in Locksgreen

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

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The school in Locksgreen closed in 1949, with the pupils being transferred to the Shalfleet School.[8] Fred Long, who attended the school, and farmed at Westover, Park Place and Hillis farms said:[9]

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

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  1. ^ "Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Locks Green Dairy, Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield - 1218591 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Locks Farmhouse, Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield - 1209321 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Map Search | Search the List: Map Search | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Sites of Special Scientific Interest (England)". naturalengland-defra.opendata.arcgis.com. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  6. ^ "SSSI detail". designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  7. ^ Mills, A.D (1996). The Place-Names of The Isle of Wight. Shaun Tyas.
  8. ^ "Shalfleet School". Wightpedia. 2 September 2026.
  9. ^ "Island Voices". www.iwhistory.org.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2026.


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