In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales" described Hockerton like this: HOCKERTON, a parish in Southwell district, Notts; on an affluent of the river Trent, 2 miles NNE of Southwell r. station. Post town, Southwell. Acres, 1, 373. Real property, £1, 582. Pop., 108. Houses, 21. The property all belongs to Mrs. Whetham. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £230. Patron, Mrs. Whetham. The church is old and tolerable; and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower.