Lockwood and Meltham Turnpike Trust Act of 1818

The Lockwood and Meltham Turnpike Trust Act of 1818 was summarised as:

An Act for making and maintaining a Road from Lockwood to Meltham, and a Branch of Road to Meltham Mills, all in the Pariſh of Almondbury, in the Weft Riding of the County of York. [8th May 1818.]

The Lockwood and Meltham Turnpike, comprising the modern-day Meltham Road and Huddersfield Road between Lockwood and Meltham, operated as a turnpike toll road between 1818 and 1874.

Tolls were collected at three locations:

• Dungeon Wood — originally situated halfway between Lockwood Viaduct and the access road to Dungeon Mill, but moved to Big Valley in South Crosland in 1871
• Netherton — at the junction of Church Lane which leads to South Crosland
• Harewood Bridge — at the junction to Meltham Mills

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