Locks Lane, Quidhampton

Locks Lane is in Quidhampton.

According to a document published in the year 2000 called ‘The Quidhampton Story’, Locks Lane is named after a cabinet maker called Bertram Lock and his wife Violet.

During the First World War many cabinet makers and metal workers found employment with the War Department. … When hostilities ceased lorries and cars began to appear as people became relatively more affluent. During 1920 one such cabinet maker, Bertram (Bert) Lock, who married Violet Blake, moved into the village… They were still there in 1994. It is after Bert that the lane gained its name. Bert ran a business from a large corrugated barn to the rear of the property until his death. ¹

Footnotes

1. the quidhampton story.pdf (application/pdf Object) [↩]