Norfolk: Hockham

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Hockham is about 7 miles N.E. of Thetford.
It is also known as Great Hockham.
Little Hockham was formerly a separate parish and is now a hamlet, about 1 mile south.
See also Hockering, Hockwold cum Wilton and Holkham.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Rockland, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
The parish church of Little Hockham was dedicated to St Mary, but there is now no trace of it.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of the Holy Trinity: Description and pictures.
Church of the Holy Trinity: Description and pictures.
Church of the Holy Trinity: Services, etc.
Simmons, R.W.H.: Holy Trinity Church, Great Hockham.
[Great Hockham, The Church, 1980s]

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or 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), Hockham was in Wayland Registration District.

Description and Travel

Great Hockham: Description, history, pictures, maps, people, organisations, businesses, etc.
Little Hockham: Description and picture.
Great Hockham Post Mill: Description.
Great Hockham Smock Mill: Description and history.

Directories

Historical Geography

Hockham is in Shropham hundred.

History

Davison, Alan J.: Great Hockham - a village which has moved?
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.41, 1991]
Davison, Alan J.: Little Hockham
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.40, 1987]

Land and Property

Hockham Hall: Description and picture.
Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: Brick Kiln Farm, Great Hockham: a history.
[2001]
Great Hockham Fuel and Furze Trustees: Great Hockham, Norfolk: fuel and furze allotment.
[1990s]

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Hockham became part of the Wayland Union, and the workhouse was at Rockland All Saints.

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   64   70 350

1811   69   69 392

1821   83 123 525

1831   98   99 565

1841 115 -- 644

1851 133 -- 690

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 133 -- 629

1871 123 128 547

1881 113 117 504

1891 113 125 518

1901 114 115 520

1911 -- 122 523

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 Little Hockham."

Schools

Great Hockham School

Description and picture.

Voting Registers

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