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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]], [[England]] located between [[Chelmsford]] and [[Southend-on-Sea]]. More specifically it lies between 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 |date= |accessdate=2013-05-03}}</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 |accessdate=2011-03-22}}</ref> reducing to 9,616 at the 2011 Census,<ref name=ONS>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124652&c=Hockley&d=16&e=62&g=6425628&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1443090410515&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=24 September 2015|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> many of whom commute to London.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} 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 Anglo Saxon word meaning a small hill 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. 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>{{IoE|122989}} Church of St Peter and St Paul, Hockley</ref> The church is situated to the north-west of the village centre, where a grade II listed Victorian pump room is situated. The building was built as a spa to a design by John Lockyer in 1842, after Robert Clay found a medicinal spring in 1838. It was subsequently used as a Baptist chapel, and now houses a factory.<ref>{{IoE|122997}} 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=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20969898 |title=BBC News - Seven prison closures in England announced |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2013-01-10 |accessdate=2013-05-03}}</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>


Hockley is also home of a [[burial mound]], Plumberow Mount,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/209517 |title=Plumberow Mount |publisher=Geograph |date=2006-07-27 |accessdate=2013-05-03}}</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>{{cite web |url=http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=419159 |publisher=Pastscape |title=National Monuments Record for Plumberow Mount |accessdate=2011-03-22}}</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 |accessdate=2011-03-22}}</ref>
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>


== 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=2012-05-11 |accessdate=2013-05-03}}</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>

==Culture and community==
Hockley also has its own football club, Hockley United F.C. who compete in the Sceptre Sunday League.

The Hockley Massive Project is a [[youth club]] started in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://themassiveproject.co.uk/?page_id=4 |publisher=The Massive Project |title=About |accessdate=2011-03-22}}</ref> The club entered one of their members (Josh Copeland) into the Essex Boys and Girls Clubs Table-Tennis Finals, which took place at [[Ingatestone]] Boys' Own Club in February 2011. He came away as the overall winner of the under-19 boys group, and progressed into the table tennis finals, held in [[Cheshire]] later in the year.

Hockley has three pubs, The Bull, The White Hart and The Spa.

There is also the Hockley Lawn Tennis club, located down Folly Lane.

Hockley Woods plays host to the Hockley Woods Parkrun, attracting over 100 runners each week.


==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{commons category-inline|Hockley}}
* [http://www.hockley-essex.gov.uk Hockley Parish Council]
* [http://www.hockley-essex.gov.uk Hockley Parish Council]
* [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]
* [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]
* [http://www.hawkwellfc.com Hawkwell Athletic Football Club]
* [http://www.hawkwellfc.com Hawkwell Athletic Football Club]

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[[Category:Villages in Essex]]
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[[Category:Rochford (district)]]
[[Category:Rochford District]]

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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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