Hockley Essex Family History Guide
Hockley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1728
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1639; 1800
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Independent/Congregational.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Ashingdon
- Hawkwell
- Rettendon
- Rawreth
- Rayleigh
- Canewdon
- Stow Maries
- South Fambridge
- Little Wakering
- Great Stambridge
- Rochford
- Woodham Ferrers
- Paglesham
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HOCKLEY, a village and a parish in Rochford district, Essex.
The village stands on a hill, 1½ mile S of the river Crouch, 4 NW of Rochford, and 6 N of Benfleet r. station; and has a post-office under Chelmsford.
The parish comprises 4, 614 acres. Real property, £6, 108; of which £65 are in fisheries. Pop., 798. Houses, 170. The property is much subdivided. High grounds here command some fine views. Wharves, and remains of an ancient bridge, are on the Crouch at Hull-Bridge; and the river there is fordable at low water. A pump room with baths, and a hotel, were erected at a recently discovered medicinal spring; but they proved unsuccessful, and the pump room is used as a Baptist chapel. There is a large barrow.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £165. Patron, Wadham College, Oxford. The church is Norman; has a massive octagonal tower; was founded by Canute, in memory of his victory over Edmund Ironside at Ashingdon; and has been restored. Charities, £13.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Rochford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Rochford
- Poor Law Union: Rochford
- Hundred: Rochford
- Province: Canterbury