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'''Hockley''' is a large [[village]] and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in [[Essex]] in the [[East of England]] located between [[Chelmsford]] and [[Southend-on-Sea]], or, more specifically, between [[Rayleigh, Essex|Rayleigh]] and [[Rochford]]. It came to prominence during the coming of the railway in the 1890s<ref name=hpc>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockley-essex.gov.uk/ |title=Hockley Parish Council website: History |publisher=Hockley-essex.gov.uk |access-date=3 May 2013}}</ref> and at the 2001 census had a population of 13,616 people,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D8271.xls |publisher=Office for National Statistics |title=Entry for K80403 Hockley |access-date=22 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208210730/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D8271.xls |archive-date=8 February 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> reducing to 9,616 at the 2011 Census,.<ref name="ONS">{{NOMIS2011|id=1170213946|title=Hockley Parish |access-date=30 January 2019}}</ref> The parish of Hockley itself had a population of 8,909 at the (2001 census), while the urban area runs into the neighbouring parish of [[Hawkwell]]. [[Hockley railway station, Essex|Hockley railway station]] serves the village.

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'''Hockley''' is a large [[village]] and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in [[Essex]] in the [[East of England]] located between [[Chelmsford]] and [[Southend-on-Sea]], or, more specifically, between [[Rayleigh, Essex|Rayleigh]] and [[Rochford]]. It came to prominence during the coming of the railway in the 1890s<ref name=hpc>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockley-essex.gov.uk/ |title=Hockley Parish Council website: History |publisher=Hockley-essex.gov.uk |access-date=3 May 2013}}</ref> and at the 2001 census had a population of 13,616 people,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D8271.xls |publisher=Office for National Statistics |title=Entry for K80403 Hockley |access-date=22 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208210730/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D8271.xls |archive-date=8 February 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> reducing to 9,616 at the 2011 Census,<ref name="ONS">{{NOMIS2011|id=1170213946|title=Hockley Parish |access-date=30 January 2019}}</ref> many of whom commute to London. The parish of Hockley itself has a population of 8,909 (2001 census), while the urban area runs into the neighbouring parish of [[Hawkwell]]. [[Hockley railway station, Essex|Hockley railway station]] serves the village.


== History ==
== History ==
Hockley is an [[Old English]] word meaning ‘a small hill’{{cn|date=September 2020}} and today there is still a large wooded area named [[Hockley Woods]]. Notable buildings in the village include the [[Church (building)|church]] of St Peter and Paul, which has a nave which was possibly built before the twelfth century, a thirteenth-century chancel and a fourteenth-century tower, the upper half of which is octagonal and was built at a later date.{{cn|date=September 2020}} The tower holds three bells, manufactured by Miles Gray in 1626, by James Bartlett in 1684 and by John Hodgson in 1657, and the building is [[Grade II* listed]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1112667 |access-date=22 March 2011}} Church of St Peter and St Paul, Hockley</ref> The church is situated to the north-west of the village centre, where the Grade II listed [[Spa Pump Room, Hockley|Spa Pump Room]] is situated. The building was built as a [[spa]] to a design by [[James Lockyer (architect)|James Lockyer]] in 1842, after Robert Clay found a medicinal spring there in 1838.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1112670 |access-date=22 March 2011}} Hockley Spa Rooms</ref> Hockley is also the site of the former [[HMP Bullwood Hall|Bullwood Hall]] prison which closed in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|author=Danny Shaw |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20969898 |title=BBC News - Seven prison closures in England announced |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=10 January 2013 |access-date=3 May 2013}}</ref>
The place-name 'Hockley' is first attested in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, where it appears as ''Hocheleia''. The name means "Hocca's woodland clearing or glade".<ref>[[Eilert Ekwall]], ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.243.</ref> Today, there is still a large wooded area named [[Hockley Woods]]. Notable buildings in the village include the [[Church (building)|church]] of St Peter and Paul, which has a nave which was possibly built before the twelfth century, a thirteenth-century chancel and a fourteenth-century tower, the upper half of which is octagonal and was built at a later date. The tower holds three bells, manufactured by Miles Gray in 1626, by James Bartlett in 1684 and by John Hodgson in 1657, and the building is [[Grade II* listed]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1112667 |access-date=22 March 2011}} Church of St Peter and St Paul, Hockley</ref> The church is situated to the north-west of the village centre, where Grade II listed [[Spa Pump Room, Hockley|Spa Pump Room]] is situated. The building was built as a [[spa]] to a design by [[James Lockyer (architect)|James Lockyer]] in 1842, after Robert Clay found a medicinal spring there in 1838.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1112670 |access-date=22 March 2011}} Hockley Spa Rooms</ref> Hockley is also the site of the former [[HMP Bullwood Hall|Bullwood Hall]] prison which closed in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|author=Danny Shaw |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20969898 |title=BBC News - Seven prison closures in England announced |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=10 January 2013 |access-date=3 May 2013}}</ref>

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Plumberow Mount, a Roman [[burial mound]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/209517 |title=Plumberow Mount |publisher=Geograph |date=27 July 2006 |access-date=3 May 2013}}</ref> was excavated in 1913 by Mr. E. B. Francis. At the time, there was a summer house on the top of the mound, and so trenches were cut on three sides. The excavation found a [[Roman currency|Roman coin]] of [[Domitian]] and some [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] pottery which may indicate a secondary burial. The oval mound is {{convert|14|ft|m}} high, and {{convert|76|ft|m}} in diameter, with a flattened top, where the summerhouse was located.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=419159 |mname=Plumberow Mount |access-date=22 March 2011}}</ref> Since 2005, a metal fence has surrounded the mound to protect it from erosion, and a number of trees which were growing on or near it were cut down at the same time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=9742&orderby=dateD |publisher=The Megalithic Portal |title=Plumberow Mount |access-date=22 March 2011}}</ref>


In 2009, the sixteenth-century [[Hockley Pendant]] was discovered in a field at Hockley.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-11776113 | title = Boy, four, unearths 16th Century gold pendant in Essex | date = 2010-11-17 | website = [[BBC News Online]] | access-date = 2022-04-15}}</ref>
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Plumberow Mount, a Roman [[burial mound]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/209517 |title=Plumberow Mount |publisher=Geograph |date=27 July 2006 |access-date=3 May 2013}}</ref> which was excavated in 1913, by Mr. E. B. Francis. At the time, there was a summer house on the top of the mound, and so trenches were cut on three sides. The excavation found a [[Roman currency|Roman coin]] of Domitian and some [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] pottery which may indicate a secondary burial. The oval mound is {{convert|14|ft|m}} high, and {{convert|76|ft|m}} in diameter, with a flattened top, where the summerhouse was located.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=419159 |mname=Plumberow Mount |access-date=22 March 2011}}</ref> Since 2005, the mound has been surrounded by a metal fence to protect it from erosion, and a number of trees which were growing on or near it were cut down at the same time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=9742&orderby=dateD |publisher=The Megalithic Portal |title=Plumberow Mount |access-date=22 March 2011}}</ref>


== Governance ==
== Governance ==
Hockley is split into three wards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.essexinfo.net/hockley-parish-council/councillors/ |title=Hockley Parish Council: Council Members |publisher=Essexinfo.net |date=11 May 2012 |access-date=3 May 2013}}</ref>
Hockley has a parish council consisting of two wards (West Ward and East Ward)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hockley Parish Council {{!}} Councillors|url=https://www.hockley-essex.gov.uk/your-council/councillors/|access-date=2024-10-16|website=Hockley Parish Council|language=en-GB}}</ref> and is part of Rochford District Council<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rochford District Council|url=https://www.rochford.gov.uk/|access-date=2021-09-18|website=www.rochford.gov.uk|language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.hockley-essex.gov.uk Hockley Parish Council]
* [http://www.hockley-essex.gov.uk Hockley Parish Council]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120321192246/http://www.parishofhockley.org.uk/ The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Hockley]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120321192246/http://www.parishofhockley.org.uk/ The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Hockley]
* [http://goo.gl/maps/PcH4h St Peter and St Paul Church, Hockley, Essex. A 360 Degree Virtual Tour]
* [https://www.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll=51.606611,0.640898&spn=0.04451,0.111494&sll=51.609823,0.635749&layer=c&cid=8659052107645133597&panoid=Fy6jnd1QhFJvcaW2zoxe4g&cbp=13,260.7,,0,0&gl=GB&t=m&z=14&cbll=51.609832,0.635821 St Peter and St Paul Church, Hockley, Essex. A 360 Degree Virtual Tour]
* [http://www.hockleyhawkwellmethodist.org.uk/ Hockley & Hawkwell Methodist Church]
* [http://www.hockleyhawkwellmethodist.org.uk/ Hockley & Hawkwell Methodist Church]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110830200707/http://thecommy.com/ The Commy | Hockley Community Centre Association & Social Bar, Hockley]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110830200707/http://thecommy.com/ The Commy | Hockley Community Centre Association & Social Bar, Hockley]

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51°36′05″N 0°38′11″E / 51.6014°N 0.6363°E / 51.6014; 0.6363

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Hockley is a large village and civil parish in Essex in the East of England located between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea, or, more specifically, between Rayleigh and Rochford. It came to prominence during the coming of the railway in the 1890s[2] and at the 2001 census had a population of 13,616 people,[3] reducing to 9,616 at the 2011 Census,.[1] The parish of Hockley itself had a population of 8,909 at the (2001 census), while the urban area runs into the neighbouring parish of Hawkwell. Hockley railway station serves the village.

History

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The place-name 'Hockley' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Hocheleia. The name means "Hocca's woodland clearing or glade".[4] Today, there is still a large wooded area named Hockley Woods. Notable buildings in the village include the church of St Peter and Paul, which has a nave which was possibly built before the twelfth century, a thirteenth-century chancel and a fourteenth-century tower, the upper half of which is octagonal and was built at a later date. The tower holds three bells, manufactured by Miles Gray in 1626, by James Bartlett in 1684 and by John Hodgson in 1657, and the building is Grade II* listed.[5] The church is situated to the north-west of the village centre, where Grade II listed Spa Pump Room is situated. The building was built as a spa to a design by James Lockyer in 1842, after Robert Clay found a medicinal spring there in 1838.[6] Hockley is also the site of the former Bullwood Hall prison which closed in 2013.[7]

Plumberow Mount, a Roman burial mound,[8] was excavated in 1913 by Mr. E. B. Francis. At the time, there was a summer house on the top of the mound, and so trenches were cut on three sides. The excavation found a Roman coin of Domitian and some Saxon pottery which may indicate a secondary burial. The oval mound is 14 feet (4.3 m) high, and 76 feet (23 m) in diameter, with a flattened top, where the summerhouse was located.[9] Since 2005, a metal fence has surrounded the mound to protect it from erosion, and a number of trees which were growing on or near it were cut down at the same time.[10]

In 2009, the sixteenth-century Hockley Pendant was discovered in a field at Hockley.[11]

Governance

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Hockley has a parish council consisting of two wards (West Ward and East Ward)[12] and is part of Rochford District Council[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Hockley Parish (1170213946)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Hockley Parish Council website: History". Hockley-essex.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Entry for K80403 Hockley". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  4. ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.243.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1112667)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 March 2011. Church of St Peter and St Paul, Hockley
  6. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1112670)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 March 2011. Hockley Spa Rooms
  7. ^ Danny Shaw (10 January 2013). "BBC News - Seven prison closures in England announced". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Plumberow Mount". Geograph. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Plumberow Mount (419159)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  10. ^ "Plumberow Mount". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  11. ^ "Boy, four, unearths 16th Century gold pendant in Essex". BBC News Online. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Hockley Parish Council | Councillors". Hockley Parish Council. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Rochford District Council". www.rochford.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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