Nottinghamshire

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Hockerton

"Hockerton is a small village, two miles north by east of Southwell, and contains 106 inhabitants and 1,045 acres of land. It was owned by Johannes de Walor in 1183, and afterwards passed by the families of Botiler and Criche, and is now the property of Major General Whetham, who succeeded to the estate of the late Admiral Southeron in 1839. He is the entire owner of the land and lord of the manor, and also patron of the rectory, which is valued in the King's books at £9 9s 4½d, now at £244. The Rev. John P. Mills is the incumbent, who resides at the rectory house, a newly erected building adjoining the church. The rector has 50 acres of ancient glebe, and receives £192 in lieu of tithes. The church is a small structure, with a tower and three bells, and is dedicated to St Nicholas. It was repewed in 1843. A neat school was built in 1843 by Major General Whetham, who also supports the teacher. Hockerton Moor is a farm house, on an elevated situation, nearly a mile and a half west of the village."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

Census

• The parish was in the Southwell sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
  
  
• The construction date is uncertain, but was prior to 1582. The building is definitely Norman.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish registers date from 1582 and are in good condition.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Southwell.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Southwell sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
  
  
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Hockerton is a small village and a parish on the high road from Mansfield to Newark (the A617). It is 6 miles northwest of Newark and 11 miles southeast of Mansfield. The parish covers about 1,350 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A617 west out of Newark. This road passes through Hockerton.
  
  
• For bus service, try the Carberry Bus Service.
  
  

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Directories

• We have a text file copy of an 1871 extract from Wilson's 1870-72 Directory entry for this parish.
  
  

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Manors

• Hockerton Manor is on Hockerton road just southeast of the village.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 7156.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• For a good map of Hockerton's location, try the Travel UK web page.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• The name Hockerton is Old English hocer+ton, or "farmstead at the hump or rounded hill". In the 1086 Domesday Book, the village is given as Hocretone.
  [A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991].
  
  

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Politics and Government

• This place was an ancient parish of Nottingham county and became a Civil Parish when those were incorporated.
  
  
• The parish is in the ancient Thurgarton Wapentake in the southern division of the county.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1801	100
1851	114
1861	108
1871	110
1881	101
1891	68
1901	79
1911	66
1921	72
1931	70

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Schools

• A School was built here in 1843 by Major-General WHETHAM. This was originally only a Sunday school.
  
  

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