Hockham, Norfolk Genealogy

Guide to Hockham, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
HOCKHAM (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Wayland, hundred of Shropham, W. division of Norfolk, 4 miles (N. W.) from Larlingford. The Primitive Methodists have a place of worship in the parish.

Hockham Holy Trinity is an Ancient Parish in the Rockland deanery of the Diocese of Norwich.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Wayland 1837-1974

Church records
Hockham parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Norfolk Record Office.

Census records
http://apling.freeservers.com/1891Census/Hockham.htm transcript of 1891 census

Genealogy
MacArthur, Avril. Bush and Linstead of Gt Hockham. History of the family and descendents of James Bush, and Rebecca nee Algate, with one a descendant Mary Ann Bush, going to Tasmania. Article has surnames of Fisher, Blacklow, Linstead, Pawsey, Article covers years 1807-1995, and is found in The Norfolk Ancestor, vol. 8 pt. 3, pages 176-178, Family History Library Ref. 942.61 B2j new ser. v. 8, pt 3, Sept. 2011.

Squires, R.D. From Norfolk to London. Family tree of Robert James Squires and Mary Ann Syzling, and descendants with surnames. Tucker, Hill, Clark, De Vigie, Thompson, Read, Fitzwilliam Birch, Land, Brooks. Family move to Snetterton, Hockham, London - Southwark, and Crayford, Kent. Article dated 1851-1971, and is found in The Norfolk Ancestor, old series, vol5.pt.4, page78-79. Family History Library Ref. 942.61 B2j vol.5, pt. 4.

Poor Law Unions
Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Wayland Poor Law Union

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Norfolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Norfolk: Hockham on GenUKI
 * Parish Info
 * Church History and Images
 * history of the church
 * Literary Norfolk website
 * British History online
 * British Listed Building
 * Hockham on Norfolk Churches