NHER 9013 (Monument record) - Site of Little Hockham Church, Hockham

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Summary

The presence of a medieval church in the village of Little Hockham is suggested by the description of the village as a vill in the Domesday Book. The location of the church and its dedication are unknown.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish HOCKHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Little Hockham was a vill in Domesday, had five tenants in 1616 and two farms in 1637.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

The site of the church was referred to in 1377 to 1399. (S1) says it stood 'by the Illington Road' but the Ordnance Survey say there is no evidence for this, and no appropriate field name on the 1824 tithe map. (S2) shows no church. Information from (S3).
E. Rose (NAU), 1980.

Local tradition places the church site near the present farm of Little Hockham. However note that the requests for burial in St Mary's graveyard, Hockham which led (S4) to say that Little Hockham church was St Mary's, probably arise from a confusion between the guild of St Mary at Great Hockham church and its dedication (see NHER 9047). However a
possible site for Little Hockham church is NHER 19612.
E. Rose (NAU), 17 February 1986.

See notes in file disagreeing with (S5) which is a misunderstanding of (S4).
E. Rose (NLA), 24 February 1998.

  • --- Article in Serial: Davison, A. 1987. Little Hockham. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XL Pt I pp 84-93.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Hockham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Publication: Messent, C. J. W. 1931. The Ruined Churches of Norfolk.
  • <S2> Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
  • <S3> Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 99 SW 6 [4]; TL 99 SW 12.
  • <S4> Serial: Blomefield, F. 1805. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Vol I.
  • <S5> Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 179; p 54.

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Record last edited

Jul 13 2016 2:35PM

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