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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hockerill like this:
HOCKERILL, a chapelry in Bishop-Stortford parish, Herts; adjacent to Essex and to the Eastern Counties railway, 1 mile NE of Bishop-Stortford. It was constituted in 1852; and its post town is Bishop-Stortford. Pop., 1, 467. Houses, 246. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of London. The church was built in 1852; consists of nave, chancel, and S aisle; and contains 500 sittings.
Hockerill is now part of EAST HERTFORDSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST HERTFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hockerill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hockerill, in East Hertfordshire and Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23806
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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