H.F. Lockwood, of that firm, was a member of a well-known Doncaster family.

His grandfather, Joseph Lockwood, was a stone mason, He came to Doncaster in 1780, aged 21, with his 18 years old wife, Elizabeth. They lived in a house at the corner of Baxter Gate and French Gate for which they paid the Corporation £7 a year in rent; the house was taken down in the 19th century for road widen­ing. It is possible that he came to Doncaster seeking work and found employment on the rebuilding of the Mill Bridge, the contract for which was left to Mr. Jackson in 1780. ...more