Place:Hockham, Norfolk, England

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NameHockham
Alt namesGreat Hockhamsource: village in parish
Little Hockhamsource: deserted settlement in parish
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.4903°N 0.9003°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoShropham Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Wayland Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Breckland District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Hockham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 13.36 km2 (5.16 sq mi) and had a population of 620 in 252 households at the 2001 UK census. At the 2011 UK census the population was measured at 603 in 259 households. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the District of Breckland.

The parish includes the village of Great Hockham and a settlement of Little Hockham for which Wikipedia believes there is evidence to suggest that it is now deserted. Archived article on the parish.

Research Tips

  • GENUKI provides a list of references for Hockham. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
  • GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Shropham Hundred. Parishes labelled with letters should be identifiable from the Ordnance Survey Map of 1900.
  • GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:
  • Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.
  • Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
  • Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
  • FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.