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Hockwold cum Wilton
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"HOCKWOLD-WITH WILTON are adjoining villages, on the north side of the vale of the Little Ouse river, from 4 to 5 miles W. of Brandon, and 8 miles S. by W. of Stoke-Ferry. They form one parish, containing 994 inhabitants, and 6569 acres of land, over which a new road was made, with a suspension bridge across the river to Suffolk, in 1829. . . . Hockwold Church (St. Peter,) is a small edifice with a broad square tower, three bells, and a fine brass, on which are pourtrayed [sic] Amfelicia, wife of Sir John Tindale, and her nine children, dated 1535. Wilton Church (St. James,) is an ancient edifice, with a tower containing six bells, and surmounted by an octangular spire of freestone. Hockwold rectory, valued in the King's Book at £9. 13s. 11d., and Wilton vicarage at £6. 7s. 6d., are consolidated, and were valued in 1831 at £530. They are in the gift of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and incumbency of the Rev. Wm. Hanson. . . . Here is a Wesleyan chapel, and also a National School, the latter built in 1840. Within the bounds of the parish is an extra-parochial farm called Redmore, on which are two houses." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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- 1851
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Cranwich, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church of Hockwold is dedicated to St Peter, and is now redundant.
The parish church of Wilton is dedicated to St James, and is now the parish church for Hockwold cum Wilton.
- Church of St James
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
- Church of St James
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St James
- Description of the bells and picture of the church.
- Church of St Peter
- Picture of the church.
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church. - Hockwold Methodist Church
- Picture of the church.
- Parish Register Transcripts for Hockwold
- Baptisms, Marriages and Burials
- Parish Register Transcripts for Hockwold
- Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
- Parish Register Transcripts for Wilton
- Baptisms, Marriages and Burials
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Hockwold cum Wilton was in Thetford Registration District.
- Hockwold cum Wilton
- Description, history, churches, parish council, maps, village magazine, pictures, organisations, etc.
- King's Lynn Arts Centre
- Portrait of a Village: Hockwold.
[ISBN 189832803X, King's Lynn Arts Centre, 1993] - Hockwold Mill Lane Post Mill
- Description and history.
- Hockwold Mill Lane Smock Mill
- Description and history.
- Hockwold Redmoor Smock Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Hockwold Lower Drainage Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Hockwold Upper Drainage Mill
- Description, history and map.
- 1836: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Hockwold cum Wilton to another place.
Hockwold cum Wilton is in Grimshoe Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Grimshoe Hundred
- Description of Grimshoe Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Great Britain: Statute
- Hockwold cum Wilton Inclosure Act, 1814.
An act for enclosing lands in the township of Hockwold-cum-Wilton, in the County of Norfolk.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1814]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL730882 (Lat/Lon: 52.464272, 0.544939), Hockwold cum Wilton which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- After 1834 Hockwold cum Wilton became part of the Thetford Union, and the workhouse was at Thetford.
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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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.
- 1851 Census
- "The Return for Hockwold-cum-Wilton includes Redmoor, deemed extra-parochial, containing 31 persons in 1851."
- 1861 Census
- "The decrease of population in the parish of Hockwold-cum-Wilton is attributed to emigration."