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Hockley Family History
 
Church Records 
The following pages contain baptismal, marriage and burial details for the surname . . . . Hockley!
    You may be wondering why the majority of the parish transcripts are from the county of Essex, England. In 1998, Ruth Hockley of Birmingham, England, spotted my (Darlene Heal) meager posting on the Essex surname board and sent an email—same family line—we had a match! Living in Canada I'm limited to what I can contribute to our Hockley research and have taken on transcribing church records, then I email the results to Ruth and she sorts through them and adds the details to the Big Hockley Tree. Now the question was, "What do we do with all the Hockley entries we have collected, especially the ones that don't belong to our line?" A website of course!!!
    Those of you who have spent hours in front of a microfilm reader will appreciate the time that has gone into transcribing the following entries. There are no guarantees that there haven't been mistakes made or entries missed. Many of the church records are faded, soiled, water stained, and ink blotched—early church records were recorded in Latin with old English handwriting; and for too many, poor hand writing in general. Transcribing is almost like learning a new language.
    For those who have contributed to this page—I thank you! For others who have extracted Hockley entries from church registers, anywhere, and would like to contribute—feel free to add to the growing list below!   

For further details on microfilm available for these and other areas visit FAMILY SEARCH
 
Alresford (New), Southampton......(1812-1914)
Arkesden, Essex and Area
Beauchamp Roding, Essex...........(1688-1836)
Berners Roding, Essex.................(1765-1945)
Braintree, Essex............................(1744-1810)
Burstead (Great), Essex.................(1728-1874)
Bush End, Essex..........................(1860-1872)
Buttsbury, Essex...........................(1657-1867)
Canfield (Great), Essex.................(1538-1953)
Canfield (Little), Essex...................(1561-1918) 
Dunmow (Great), Essex.................(1705 -1890) Hockley Tree!
Dunmow (Little), Essex..................(1800-1877)
Dunton, Essex...............................(1813-1975)
Essex--General Registers (Eastwood, Elmdon, Little Easton, Great Easton,
          Easthorpe, Downham, Dovercourt, Little Sailing)
Good Easter, Essex........................(1678-1941)
Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex.............(1799-1877)
Hatfield Peveral, Essex..................(1800-1850)
High Easter, Essex.........................(1654-1834)
High Roding, Essex........................(1683-1838)
Margaret Roding, Essex................(1665-1954)
Margaretting, Essex......................(1800-1868)
Plaistow, Essex.............................(1863-1898)
Sampford (Great), Essex...............(1559-1879)
Sampford (Little), Essex................(1562-1977)
Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire......(1558-1815)
Stebbing, Essex...............................(1558-1815) New!
Sutton, Essex..................................(1800-1868)
Stow Maries, Essex........................(1754-1951)
Takeley, Essex New link to the Holy Trinity Church registers added Jan. 25, 2005
Thaxted, Essex.............................(1620-1985)
Totham (Little), Essex..................(1813-1970)
Totham (Great), Essex.................(1754-1920)
Waltham (Great), Essex..............(1703-1984)
White Roding, Essex...................(1695-1924) 
Ulting, Essex................................(1839-1995)

 
                Church Photographs
 
Visit this website to view hundreds of photographs of old Parish Churches in Essex and other counties in England. Thank you to Ian Rose for this wonderful website, and also for giving us permission to use the photographs on our Hockley website!

Updated August 8, 2005
 
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