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HOCKHAM, a village and a parish in Wayland district, Norfolk. The village stands 3¾ miles NNW of Harling road r. station, and 7 WSW of Attleborough; and has a post office under Thetford, and a fair on Easter Monday. The parish comprises 3, 406 acres. Real property, £3, 443. Pop., 629. Houses, 133. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Hockham Hall, belongs to Henry Partridge, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £276. * Patron, the Rev. J. Spurgin. The present parish formerly formed two parishes, called Great and Little Hockham; and it still is sometimes so called. Great H. church stands and is good; but Little H. church was demolished after the reign of Richard II. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, a national school, and charities £38, besides fuel allotments.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Hockham CP/AP Wayland RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Hockham |
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