# Hockerton

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{{short description|Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox UK place
| coordinates = {{coord|53|6|3.9|N|0|55|49.99|W|scale:25000}}
| country = England
| shire_district = [Newark and Sherwood](/source/Newark_and_Sherwood)
| region = East Midlands
| shire_county = [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire)
| constituency_westminster = [Newark](/source/Newark_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| population = 183
| population_ref = (2021)
| static_image_name = Winkburn Hall - geograph.org.uk - 5067945.jpg
| static_image_caption = Winkburn Hall
| post_town = Southwell
| postcode_area = NG
| postcode_district = NG25
| type = [Village](/source/Village) and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish)
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 12
| mapframe-point = none
| static_image_2_caption = Parish map
| area_total_sq_mi = 2.16
| os_grid_reference = SK 715565
| dial_code = 01636
| london_distance_mi = 115
| london_direction = SSE
| website = {{url|https://hockerton.com}}
| mapframe-height = 260
}}

'''Hockerton''' is a [village](/source/Village) and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) in [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire), England. It is 2 miles from the town of [Southwell](/source/Southwell%2C_Nottinghamshire) on the [A617](/source/A617_road) between [Newark](/source/Newark-on-Trent) and [Mansfield](/source/Mansfield).  Fewer than 60 houses are situated around the church, the ''Spread Eagle'' pub and village hall. The population at the [2011 census](/source/2011_United_Kingdom_census) was 146,<ref>{{cite web |title=Civil Parish population 2011 |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124650&c=Hockerton&d=16&e=62&g=6457698&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1460297140516&enc=1 |access-date=10 April 2016 |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref> increasing to 183 at the [2021 census](/source/2021_United_Kingdom_census).<ref>{{NOMIS2021|id=E04007913|title=Hockerton parish|accessdate=3 February 2024}}</ref> The local properties range from the carbon neutral housing of the [Hockerton Housing Project](/source/Hockerton_Housing_Project) to converted barns, 1960s and 1970s housing together with much older houses and a 19th-century Rectory.  The parish church of [St Nicholas](/source/St_Nicholas) is [Norman](/source/Norman_architecture) with an aisleless [nave](/source/nave) and a 14th-century [chancel](/source/chancel).<ref>Pevsner, Nikolaus, ''The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire'' (1979), p.144. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.</ref>

Part of the village contains Hockerton Housing Project. The [Hockerton Housing Project](/source/Hockerton_Housing_Project) is the UK's first [earth sheltered](/source/Earth_sheltering), self-sufficient ecological housing development.

A group of residents formed an Industrial and Provident Society (IPS) called Sustainable Hockerton Limited in 2009. Official Web Page Sustainable Hockerton, also described by everybodys-talking Sustainable Hockerton. Sustainable Hockerton is also known as SHOCK. The Society has installed a wind turbine that generates electricity equal to that used by the village. Any surplus is distributed in the parish to promote sustainable development. By 2012 the Society had made £13,000 for the parish.

The place-name Hockerton seems to contain an [Old English](/source/Old_English) word for a hill, {{lang|ang|hocer}}, + {{lang|ang|tun}} (Old English), an enclosure; a farmstead; a village; an estate.., so  'hill or hump settlement'.<ref>J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), ''Place Names of Nottinghamshire''  (Cambridge, 1940), p.186; A.D.Mills, ''Dictionary of English Place-Names'' (Oxford, 2002), p.182; E .Ekwall, ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'' (Oxford, 1960), p.243</ref>

==See also==
*[Listed buildings in Hockerton](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Hockerton)

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Newark and Sherwood
Category:Villages in Nottinghamshire

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Category:Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire

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