Great Hockham
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| Great Hockham | |
|---|---|
 Holy Trinity, Great Hockham | |
  Great Hockham Location within Norfolk | |
| OS grid reference | TL9534192573 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Thetford |
| Postcode district | IP24 |
| Dialling code | 01953 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Great Hockham is a village in the English county of Norfolk within the civil parish of Hockham.
Great Hockham lies 8 miles (13 km) north east of Thetford and 24 miles (39 km) south west from Norwich.
Great Hockham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the larger Hocca's homestead or village.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Hockham is listed as a settlement of 39 households in the hundred of Shropham. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of Roger Bigod.[2]
Hockham Hall was built in 1702 by Philip Ryley and was built on the old site of a medieval tithe barn.[3]
There remains of the Royal Observer Corps Orlit post which has been vandalised since it was abandoned.[4]
Geography
Holy Trinity Church
Great Hockham's church is located just off Wretham Road and dates from the Fourteenth Century, having been Grade I listed since 1958.[5] The church holds Sunday services once every six weeks [6]
The church was restored in the 1950s and was once lavishly decorated, but these decorations were removed during the Reformation. Holy Trinity also features stained-glass depicting the Adoration of the Magi by Charles Eamer Kempe and Christ the Good Shepherd by E.R. Suffling.[7]
Governance
Great Hockham is part of the electoral ward of All Saints & Wayland for local elections and is part of the district of Breckland.
The village's national constituency is Mid Norfolk which has been represented by the Conservative's George Freeman MP since 2010.
