Hockwold Cum Wilton Parish (CP)

Created: 1720  

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Industry

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Social Structure

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 367.
HOCKWELL WITH WILTON Alternate English     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HOCKWOLD WITH WILTON Alternate English     White, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
CARLES Manor     The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
HOCKWOLD WITH WILTON Manor     The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
MUNDFORDS Manor     The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
POININGS Manor     The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
SCALES Manor     The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
NORFOLK Ancient County 1720   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 367.
THETFORD RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
DOWNHAM RD Local Government District 1935 1974 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 658.
GRIMSHOE Hundred Ancient District 1720   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 653.
METHWOLD Registration sub-District     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
THETFORD RSD Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
THETFORD RD Local Government District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 660.

Boundary Map of Hockwold Cum Wilton Parish (CP)

If the boundaries of the Parish-level Unit changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Hockwold Cum Wilton Parish (CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10090945

Date accessed: 08th April 2026