Bocking, Essex

Location Map

Bocking is a suburban area in Braintree, Essex

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Bocking within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Bocking in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Bocking, par. and vil., NE. Essex, on river Blackwater, 1 m. NE. of Braintree, 4639 ac., pop. 3458; P.O.; there is also a P.O. at Bocking Church Street, 2 m. from Braintree; formerly famous for its baize mfr. The weaving of silks, satins, and velvets is now carried on.

Bocking in the Domesday Book

A village in Hinckford hundred, in the county of Essex.

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