Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOCKERTON

HOCKERTON, a parish in Southwell district, Notts; on an affluent of the river Trent, 2 miles NNE of Southwell r. station. Post town, Southwell. Acres, 1, 373. Real property, £1, 582. Pop., 108. Houses, 21. The property all belongs to Mrs. Whetham. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £230. * Patron, Mrs. Whetham. The church is old and tolerable; and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hockerton CP/AP       Southwell RegD/PLU       Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Hockerton

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