Hockering

Other current and historical names

Hochelinga
Hokelinka

Parish/Community: Hockering
District/Borough: Breckland
County: Norfolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°40'32"N 1°3'49"E
Eastings/Northings: 607233, 313065
OS Grid: TG072130
Mapcode Local: GBR TD6.CR8
Mapcode Global: WHLS6.90VK

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

Hockering in historic gazetteers

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

Hockering, par. and vil., S. Norfolk, 5½ miles E. of Dereham, 1931 ac., pop. 372; P.O.

Hockering in the Domesday Book

A village in Mitford hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Sigar of Hockering
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
- Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 23 smallholders; 7 freemen; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 200 pigs
- Mills: 1.5
- Animals in 1066: 9 cattle
- Animals in 1086: 9 cattle; 33 pigs

British Place Names

Hockering, Norfolk

Hockering is a village in Norfolk

Hockering in historic gazetteers

Hockering in the Domesday Book