Hiya

I assume you have looked at some of the Census documents which are now on line? Do you have any idea of dates for your great grandfather?

I have just spent literally a couple of minutes on this website, inputting the name Benjamin Lockwood into the 1901 census and it throws up some results in Huddersfield.

There's a 3 year old boy called Benjamin Lockwood so he would have been born in 1898 - does that sound about right? There ar others with the same name listed as Woollen Weavers close by.

You have to pay (it's not too expensive) if you want to see some of the records in more details.

www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

This could be a good starting point for you, but you do need some dates, even if they are approximate ones.

Meant to say - you can search on other census's, not just the 1901 one.

Hello patgal,

Lockwood is a very common name in Huddersfield (there is even a district of the town called Lockwood) and there were also a number of woollen mills.

I have read that there was a mill owned by a Lockwood family in nearby Linthwaite.

There are a number of Anglican churches in Huddersfield including the Holy Trinity Church amongst others. You can find a list of places of worship of this website:

city-visitor.com/huddersfield/placesofworshi…

Sorry this is not much help, but it might help narrow down the names a bit. I hope you have a wonderful trip to England; I lived in Huddersfield for four years, it is a nice town.

In case you hadn't thought of it, there are three trains per hour from York to Huddersfield, journey time about 50 minutes.

It's not a classic tourist destination, but given your connection might be worth a visit.