Norfolk: Hockering

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Hockering is about 6 miles E. of East Dereham.
See also Hockham and Hockwold.

Cemeteries

Mid-Norfolk Family History Society: St Michael, Hockering: Memorial Inscriptions.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 2003]

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Hingham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Michael.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Michael: Description and pictures.
Church of St Michael: Services, etc.

Church Records

Campling, Arthur: Index of Baptisms: Hockering, 1571-1783.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s]
Campling, Arthur: Index of Marriages: Hockering, 1561-1753.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s]
Campling, Arthur: Index of Burials: Hockering, 1561-1758.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s]
Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Hockering was in Mitford and Launditch Registration District.

Description and Travel

Hockering: News, parish council, etc.
Hockering Post Mill: Short description.
Hockering Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Hockering Water Mill: Short description.

Directories

Historical Geography

Hockering is in Mitford hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Hockering and Morton on the Hill Inclosure Act, 1825.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Hockering and Morton in the county of Norfolk: 20th May 1825.
[London, Eyre and Strahan, 1825]
[London, Dorington and Son, 1825]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Mitford and Launditch Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.
Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Hockering became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was at Gressenhall.

Population

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1801 35 58 276

1811 35 66 344

1821 39 73 392

1831 51 87 438

1841 91 -- 457

1851 88 -- 420

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 87 -- 387

1871 89 89 404

1881 89 94 372

1891 83 86 359

1901 80 86 376

1911 -- 79 308

There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.

1901 Census: "Including Hockering Heath."

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