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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HOCKERING, a parish, with a village, in Mitford district, Norfolk; on a branch of the river Wensum, 5 miles NE of Thuxton r. station, and 5¾ E of East Dereham. It has a postal pillar under Dereham. Acres, 1, 931. Real property, £4, 049. Pop., 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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Hockering AP/CP Mitford and Launditch RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Hockering |
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