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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
Hockering is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. At the 2001 UK census the parish had a population of 628, increasing to 711 in the 2011 UK Census.
The parish has an area of 8.10 square kilometres (3.13 sq mi) The village is around 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Dereham and around 10 miles (16 km) west of Norwich. From 1894 until 1974 it was part of the Mitford and Launditch Rural and since 1974 it is in the Breckland District of Norfolk.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Hockering from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- " HOCKERING, a parish, with a village, in Mitford [registration] district, Norfolk; on a branch of the river Wensum, 5 miles NE of Thuxton [railway] station, and 5¾ E of East Dereham. It has a postal pillar under Dereham. Acres: 1,931. Real property: £4,049. Population: 387. Houses: 87. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to T. T. Berney, Esq. There are traces of an old castle. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Burgh-Mattishall, in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £569. Patron: T. T. Berney, Esq. The church is early English; has a lofty later English tower; was recently restored; and contains three stalls, carved oak seats, and a fine octagonal font. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and charities £37."
Research Tips
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- England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997
- England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
- England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941
- England, Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1557-1915
- England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901
- 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.
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