Bocking Genealogical Records
Bocking Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Baptisms records for children living in and around St. Peter (in-the-fields), Bocking, detail the names of their parents - their occupations and residence from 1897 to 1969.
Records of baptism for people born in and around Bocking between 1561 and 1959. Details include child's name, parents' names and date of birth and/or baptism. Records may also include parent's occupations, residence, place of origin and more.
Baptism registers for a Congregational church in Essex. These records provide proof of parentage, residence, occupation and occasionally other details.
Baptism records list the name of people's parent's and other details.
Bocking Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Banns registers list the names of people who intended to marry by the system of calling banns, in which the bride and groom's name were called for three weeks at church. At these callings objections could be made to a marriage. They record the bride and groom's parish of residence.
Marriage registers are the primary source for marital documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They typically record marital status and residence. Details may also be given on a party's parents, age and parish of origin.
Banns registers list the names of people who intended to marry by the system of calling banns, in which the bride and groom's name were called for three weeks at church. At these callings objections could be made to a marriage. Thus they record any intended marriages that didn't occur.
Marriage registers record Anglican marriages in St. Mary the Virgin, Bocking. They are the primary marriage document before 1837 and contain the same details as marriage certificates from then on.
Bocking Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Burial records for people buried at Bocking Meeting, Bocking, detail the deceased's name, residence and age from 1867 to 1887. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial records for people buried at St. Mary the Virgin, Bocking, detail the deceased's name, residence and age from 1558 to 1947.
Burial registers for a Congregationalist church in Essex. These records include residence, occupation, age and occasionally other details.
A searchable transcript of burials recorded by the church. These records essentially record deaths between 1558 and 1796. Details may include the age of the deceased, their residence and name of relations.
Bocking Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A census of householders living in the parish.
An early census conducted by the Church of England. It lists householders and basic details.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering Bocking
A local newspaper including news from the Chelmsford district, business notices, family announcements, legal & governmental proceedings, advertisements and more.
Regional news; notices of births, marriages and deaths; business notices; details on the proceedings of public institutions; adverts and a rich tapestry of other regional information from the Essex district. Every line of text from the newspaper can be searched and images of the original pages viewed.
A regional newspaper including news from the Essex district, business notices, family announcements, legal & governmental proceedings, advertisements and more.
A regional newspaper primarily covering Hertfordshire, but also Essex, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire and Middlesex. Its coverage was biased towards agricultural issues and affairs. It contained announcements of births, marriages and deaths.
A newspaper covering Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. Around 50% of issues from 1814-1817. Original images, searchable by an OCR index.
Bocking Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index to probate and administrations granted by the peculiar courts of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
An index to over 155,000 names found in more than 36,000 Essex wills. The index can help establish otherwise difficult to prove relationships.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
An index to wills proved by the Archdeaconry of Colchester. The index includes the testator's name, residence, occupation and a reference to order a copy of the will.
Bocking Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Bocking Military Records
A chronicle of the regiment's part in numerous military campaigns from around the world.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Essex, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Essex, with some service details.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Details on around 165,000 men serving in the British Army, Navy and Air Force who were held as prisoners during WWII.
Bocking Court & Legal Records
An index to over 1,800 cases brought before the court. For witnesses, age and residence is usually given. The cases cover such matters as defamation, marriage and tithes.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Digital images of ledgers recording those registered to vote, searchable by an index of 220 million names. Entries list name, address, qualification to vote, description of property and sometimes age and occupation.
Bocking Taxation Records
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
A compilation of records from the Court of the Exchequer primarily dealing with taxes and land. These records are in Latin.
An index to wills and administrations that incurred a death duty tax. The index can be used to order documents that give a brief abstract of the will and details on the duty. It can be used as a make-shift probate index.
Bocking Land & Property Records
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Abstracts of records detailing the estates and families of deceased tenants from the reigns of Henry III and Edward I.
A compilation of records from the Court of the Exchequer primarily dealing with taxes and land. These records are in Latin.
Bocking Directories & Gazetteers
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
Bocking Cemeteries
Transcriptions and illustrations of monuments erected remembrance of personages in Essex. Also contains pedigrees for historic families of the county.
Photographs and descriptions of Essex's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
An index to vital details engraved on over 170,000 gravestones and other monuments across the county of Essex.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Bocking Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Bocking Histories & Books
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A traveller's guide to four Southern counties.
Photographs and images of churches in Essex.
Photographs of the interiors and exteriors of Essex churches. Also contains some architectural information.
A short list of words and phrases peculiar to the two counties.
Bocking School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Bocking Occupation & Business Records
An introduction to smuggling in on the east coast of England, with details of the act in various regions.
Details of the wages to be expected for various tradesmen and labourers.
An introduction to smuggling on the east coast of England, with details of the act in various regions.
Histories of Essex pubs, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Bocking
Transcriptions and illustrations of monuments erected remembrance of personages in Essex. Also contains pedigrees for historic families of the county.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
Bocking Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Five collections of pedigrees based on 16th and 17th century genealogical manuscripts. These works record families who had a right to bear coat of arms, essentially the gentry.
Photographs and descriptions of Essex's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Bocking Church Records
Prior to civil registration in 1837, the parish registers of Bocking are the most common place to turn for details on births, marriages and deaths.
An index to over 1,800 cases brought before the court. For witnesses, age and residence is usually given. The cases cover such matters as defamation, marriage and tithes.
Digital images of all parish registers deposited at Essex Archives. Some registers are indexed by name.
Transcriptions of registers that record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth; marriages and burials. They can help establish links between individuals back to the 16th century.
Photographs of the interiors and exteriors of Essex churches. Also contains some architectural information.
Biographical Directories Covering Bocking
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Bocking Maps
A collection of maps plotting the counties of Essex and Suffolk, and some of their settlements.
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Bocking Reference Works
A database of names of fields, roads, inns, houses, farms, manors, places, rivers, streams, woods, etc, and names of owners, tenants, landlords, parties to agreements etc, recorded from historic documents.
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
Historical Description
The village of Bocking, which forms the northern suburb, consists chiefly of a single street of considerable length, extending along the road, and having many excellent houses, which are inhabited by several wealthy and respectable inhabitants; the lower order is supported by the baize manufacture. The parish of Bocking is a peculiar annexed to the archbishopric of Canterbury, and the principal among the lour peculiars in this and the three in the County of Suffolk, belonging to the see of Canterbury. Bocking is only subject to the archbishop’s jurisdiction, or that of his commissary, who is called the Dean of Bocking. The Church, which is a spacious building, stands upon an eminence at the distance of between one and two miles northwest of the village, and is supposed to have been founded about the reign of Edward III.
Braintree contains 621 houses, and 2,983 inhabitants.
Bocking contains 588 houses, and 2,766 inhabitants.
BOCKING, on the Pant, Fresh well, or Blackwater river, on which are several corn mills, constitutes the northern part of the town, consisting principally of one long street, the Coggeshall and Rayne roads forming the boundary. In the time of King Ethelred this parish belonged to Ethelred and Leofwin, who granted it to St. Saviour’s Priory, Canterbury.
The church of St. Mary the Virgin is a large edifice of flint with Bath stone dressings in the Perpendicular style, and consists of chancel with vestry, clerestoried nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and a large embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing a clock and a musical peal of 6 bells; there are piscinae and several stained memorial windows: in the south chantry is the brass of John Doreward esq. ob. 1420, son of Sir William Doreward and his wife Isabella, but without inscription, and on the chancel pavement is another to Oswald Fitch, ob. 1612: in the north aisle of the chancel is a marble monument consisting of a pediment supported on columns and beneath it a kneeling female figure, representing the wife of Adrian Moore esq. who died 1624: another marble monument in the same aisle is inscribed to Prisca, relict of Thomas Cobourne, of Stratford-le-Bow, gent.; in the churchyard is a tomb erected to John Maysent, gent, of Booking Hall, with a poetical inscription: in 1883 the church was reseated and the western window filled with stained glass at the sole expense of Wm. Walford esq.: and in 1884 the baptistery window was filled with stained glass by the late Rev. Charles Almeric Belli M.A. vicar of South Weald (1823—77), who died in 1886: the stained east window was provided by subscription; there are five others in the chancel given by Dean Carrington and the members of his family, one by William Walford esq. and one in the north aisle by Mrs. Wakeham, widow of a former dean: the paintings over the altar are by William H. Fuge esq: there, are about 1,000 sittings. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £360, with residence and 113 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and held since 1845 by the Very Rev. Henry Carrington M.A. of Caius College, Cambridge, who is dean and rector: the dean of Bocking formerly had jurisdiction over this and other peculiars of the province of Canterbury with Essex.
The Church of St. Peter, Bocking, was erected in 1897 as a chapel of ease to the parish church, on a site given by a lady resident in the parish, and is an edifice of brick and stone, consecrated June 19th, 1897, and will seat about 350 persons. The late Miss Frances Wakeham of Marshalls, Braintree, left by will the sum of £4,500 for the building of an additional church in the parish of Bocking, on condition that no part of the legacy was to be used for the purchase of the site, and a further sum of £5,000 was also left by Miss Wakeham as an endowment. The living is an incumbency, net yearly value £193, in the gift of the Dean and Rector of Bocking, but subsequently the Archbishop of Canterbury, and held since 1896 by the Rev. Henry John Shildrick M.A. of Durham University, and chaplain of Braintree Union.
The Society of Friends’ meeting-house in Rayne road, erected in 1863, is an edifice of white brick, with freestone dressings.
The Catholic Church of St. Francis and the Immaculate Conception, of red brick, was erected in 1899. The Franciscan Convent, enlarged in 1898, adjoins the church.
The Congregational church, in Bradford street, is a structure of white brick, erected in 1707 and enlarged in 1818, and will seat about 1,000 persons: over the pulpit is a marble tablet to the Rev. Thomas Craig, for more than 62 years pastor here, who died 2 June, in the 85th year of bis age: the schools near the chapel were built to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Thomas Craig’s ministry, October 12th, 1852: a mission room in connection with the church was opened in 1894, and will seat 200 persons: attached to the church is a small cemetery.
The Congregational chapel in Church street, erected in 1862, is a small edifice of white brick.
The Unitarian chapel in the Coggeshall road, is an iron structure.
The general cemetery, formed in 1857, and enlarged in 1882 by 1 ½ acres, making it now 3 ½ acres in extent, is under the control of the Parish Council.
The Workmen’s Hall is a building of red brick with stone dressings, erected in 1884 by Messrs. Courtauld for the use of their workpeople.
The Fire Brigade consists of a superintendent and 4 men, the engine being kept at the “Black Boy” inn yard, Church street.
The crape and silk factory belonging to Samuel Courtauld and Co. gives employment to a large number of hands.
There is a almshouse for 8 persons.
The endowed charities for general distribution now (1902) produce about £300 yearly.
Bocking Place, a mansion of brick surrounded by pleasure grounds of 19 acres, with a lodge entrance, is the seat of Mrs. Sydney Courtauld.
Bocking Hall, the residence of Charles J. Bolton esq. is an ancient timbered structure with rooms panelled in oak and in a fine state of preservation.
Monken Hadley is the residence of Francis Henry Crittall esq.
George Bradley esq. of Ackton Hall, Pontefract, Yorks, is lord of the manor; the principal landowners are the trustees of the late Mrs. Honywood, Henry Samuel Tabor esq. John English Tabor esq. J.P. the trustees of the late Sydney Courtauld esq. J.P. (d. 1899), James Paxman esq. J.P. of Stisted Hall, and Lieut.-Col. S. G. Savill J.P.
The area is 4,613 acres of land and 26 of water; rateable value, £11,229; the population in 1901 was 3,345, which includes the officers and inmates in Braintree Union workhouse.
Petty sessions are held every alternate Wednesday, at the Police station, Fairfield road, at 12 noon & every alternate Tuesday at Halstead. The places in the division are Braintree, Bocking, Black Notley, Felstead, Great Saling, Panfield, Rayne, Shalford, Stisted & Wethersfield.
VOLUNTEERS
2nd Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment (F Company), head quarters, Corn exchange, Capt. J. M. Welch; William Piper, drill instructor.
Detachment of (I Company Cyclists), E. Ingold, captain.
BRAINTREE UNION
Board day, every alternate Monday, at the Board room, Workhouse, at 10 a.m.
The Union comprises the following parishes:-Bocking, Bradwell, Braintree, Great Coggeshall, Little Coggeshall, Cressing, Fairstead, Faulkbourn, Feering, Finchingfield, Hatfield Peverel, Kelvedon, Marks Hall, Black Notley, White Notley, Panfield, Pattiswick, Rayne, Rivenhall, Great Saling, Shalford, Stisted, Terling, Wethersfield & Witham. The population of the union in 1901 was 26,890; the area is 68,285 acres; rateable value in 1901, £119,262.
The Workhouse, in Bocking parish, on the Rayne road, is a structure of red brick, built in 1837 at a cost of £6,300 & enlarged in 1895 at a total cost of £8,000; it will now hold 420 inmates.
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services
St. Michael’s, Rev. J. W. Kenworthy, vicar; Rev. Harry Lawrence Hard, curate; 11 a.m.; 3 & 6.30 p.m.; holy communion every Sunday, 8 a.m.; 1st & 3rd 12.15 p.m.; Mon. Tue. Thur. & Sat. matins, 8.30 a.m.; Wed. & Fri. matins & litany, 11 a.m. & evensong, 7.30 p.m.
St. Mary’s, Bocking, Very Rev. Henry Carrington M.A. rector & dean; Sun. 10.30 a.m. & 3 p.m.; Wed. in Lent 11 a.m. & daily in Holy week at 11 a.m.
St. Peter’s, Bocking; Rev. Henry John Shildrick M.A. incumbent, 8 a.m.; holy communion, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; week days, Wed. 11 a.m. litany; Thur. 7 p.m.; 1st Sunday in the month, holy communion at 12.15 instead of 8.
St. Francis & The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Rev. John Power D.D. Rev. Michael O'Reilly & Rev. Louis Gouffe priests; mass at 8 & 11 a.m.; benediction & sermon, 6.30 p.m.; week days, mass at 7 a.m.; benediction Thur. & Sat. at 4 p.m.
Friends’ Meeting House, Rayne road, Bocking; 10.30 a.m.
Baptist, Coggeshall road; Rev. Alfred Curtis; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. 7.30 p.m.; Sat. 7.30 p.m.
Baptist (Salem), Albert road; 10.30 a.m. 2.15 & 6.30 p.m.
Congregational, Bradford street, Bocking, Rev. Joseph Joseph; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. 7.15 p.m.
Congregational, Church street, Bocking, Mr. John Farley, evangelist; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.15 p.m.
Congregational, London road. Rev. W. Johnson Cole; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. 7.15 p.m.; P.S.A. at 3 p.m. Sundays.
Primitive Methodist, Manor street, Charles Edwin Albon, minister; 11 a.m.; 3 (P.S.A.) & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. & Wed. 7 p.m.
Unitarian, Coggeshall road, Bocking, Rev. R. H. Fuller M.A.; 11 a.m.
Wesleyan, Rayne road, Rev. Charles G. Craggs; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. 7.15 p.m.; Thur. 7 p.m.
SCHOOLS
A School Board of 5 members was formed 19 Oct. 1875, for Braintree; Edward Holmes, Bocking End, Bocking, clerk to the board; Henry Gibbs, London rd. Braintree, attendance officer.
A School Board of 5 members was formed 23 Dec. 1872 for Bocking; Edward Holmes, Bocking End, Bocking, clerk to the board; George Elger, Bradford street, Bocking, attendance officer.
Board School, Manor street, Braintree, for 800 children, including infants; average attendance, 185 boys, 150 girls & 120 infants. The buildings & ground were given by the late J. Courtauld esq. who also left £40 a year for the support of the school; the endowment is now devoted to a scholarship from the Elementary Schools of the parishes of Braintree & Bocking, which entitles the holder to be educated in some higher grade school.
Board, Bocking End, for 420 children, including infants; average attendance, 140 boys & girls & 60 infants.
Board School, High Garrett, erected by the late Samuel Courtauld esq. for 150, children; average attendance, 63.
National, New street, Braintree (mixed & infants), enlarged in 1879 & 1881, for 650 children; average attendance, 510.
National, Church street, Bocking (girls’), for 200 children, including infants; average attendance, 137; with this school is incorporated the school founded by Dr. Gauden, a former rector of Bocking, & successively bishop of Exeter (1660) & Worcester (1662).
Most Common Surnames in Bocking
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Hinckford Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 112 | 1:31 | 1.04% | 1 |
| 2 | Butcher | 80 | 1:43 | 6.86% | 42 |
| 3 | Bearman | 60 | 1:58 | 26.09% | 424 |
| 4 | Rayner | 51 | 1:68 | 5.95% | 81 |
| 5 | Porter | 44 | 1:79 | 3.77% | 42 |
| 6 | Gentry | 42 | 1:83 | 9.15% | 187 |
| 7 | Oliver | 40 | 1:87 | 7.41% | 150 |
| 8 | Clark | 38 | 1:91 | 1.05% | 3 |
| 8 | Harrington | 38 | 1:91 | 3.64% | 57 |
| 10 | Usher | 36 | 1:96 | 29.51% | 846 |
| 11 | Thompson | 33 | 1:105 | 2.58% | 32 |
| 12 | Brown | 29 | 1:120 | 0.72% | 2 |
| 12 | French | 29 | 1:120 | 2.54% | 45 |
| 12 | Rankin | 29 | 1:120 | 22.83% | 812 |
| 15 | Green | 28 | 1:124 | 1.05% | 6 |
| 15 | Rogers | 28 | 1:124 | 2.75% | 62 |
| 15 | Willis | 28 | 1:124 | 3.57% | 94 |
| 18 | Radley | 27 | 1:128 | 8.18% | 289 |
| 19 | Johnson | 26 | 1:133 | 1.29% | 13 |
| 20 | Mott | 24 | 1:145 | 6.72% | 264 |
| 21 | Chapman | 23 | 1:151 | 1.31% | 17 |
| 21 | Harding | 23 | 1:151 | 5.25% | 200 |
| 21 | Potter | 23 | 1:151 | 2.14% | 52 |
| 21 | Stock | 23 | 1:151 | 3.25% | 109 |
| 25 | Andrews | 22 | 1:158 | 1.92% | 44 |
| 26 | Cooper | 21 | 1:165 | 1.33% | 24 |
| 26 | Sutton | 21 | 1:165 | 3.53% | 135 |
| 26 | Walford | 21 | 1:165 | 9.63% | 448 |
| 29 | Ward | 20 | 1:173 | 1.25% | 23 |
| 29 | Richardson | 20 | 1:173 | 1.68% | 39 |
| 29 | Spurgeon | 20 | 1:173 | 5.41% | 253 |
| 29 | Juniper | 20 | 1:173 | 10.58% | 520 |
| 33 | Williams | 19 | 1:183 | 1.45% | 28 |
| 33 | Parmenter | 19 | 1:183 | 6.44% | 330 |
| 35 | Cook | 18 | 1:193 | 0.81% | 11 |
| 35 | Carter | 18 | 1:193 | 0.91% | 14 |
| 35 | Hayes | 18 | 1:193 | 5.94% | 319 |
| 35 | Pasfield | 18 | 1:193 | 19.57% | 1,098 |
| 39 | Gunn | 17 | 1:204 | 3.98% | 210 |
| 39 | Dowsett | 17 | 1:204 | 3.13% | 148 |
| 39 | Livermore | 17 | 1:204 | 5.48% | 310 |
| 42 | Taylor | 16 | 1:217 | 0.50% | 5 |
| 42 | Lewis | 16 | 1:217 | 1.68% | 68 |
| 44 | Wright | 15 | 1:231 | 0.44% | 4 |
| 44 | Wood | 15 | 1:231 | 0.64% | 10 |
| 44 | Poulter | 15 | 1:231 | 6.49% | 422 |
| 44 | Banham | 15 | 1:231 | 13.89% | 961 |
| 44 | Woolard | 15 | 1:231 | 17.65% | 1,177 |
| 44 | Spurge | 15 | 1:231 | 26.32% | 1,598 |
| 50 | Wilson | 14 | 1:248 | 0.89% | 25 |
| 50 | Harvey | 14 | 1:248 | 0.78% | 16 |
| 50 | Partridge | 14 | 1:248 | 3.57% | 233 |
| 50 | Cornell | 14 | 1:248 | 2.49% | 145 |
| 50 | Cant | 14 | 1:248 | 4.56% | 314 |
| 50 | Suckling | 14 | 1:248 | 3.86% | 261 |
| 50 | Hickford | 14 | 1:248 | 17.28% | 1,220 |
| 57 | Turner | 13 | 1:267 | 0.50% | 7 |
| 57 | Holmes | 13 | 1:267 | 2.29% | 143 |
| 57 | Warren | 13 | 1:267 | 1.18% | 48 |
| 57 | Wicks | 13 | 1:267 | 7.60% | 579 |
| 57 | Eve | 13 | 1:267 | 3.64% | 264 |
| 57 | Owers | 13 | 1:267 | 4.17% | 308 |
| 57 | Enness | 13 | 1:267 | 41.94% | 2,557 |
| 64 | Edwards | 12 | 1:289 | 1.10% | 50 |
| 64 | Young | 12 | 1:289 | 0.98% | 36 |
| 64 | Moore | 12 | 1:289 | 0.93% | 30 |
| 64 | Parker | 12 | 1:289 | 1.17% | 61 |
| 64 | Holland | 12 | 1:289 | 3.87% | 310 |
| 64 | Hammond | 12 | 1:289 | 1.13% | 56 |
| 64 | Adkins | 12 | 1:289 | 23.08% | 1,720 |
| 64 | Wash | 12 | 1:289 | 8.11% | 692 |
| 64 | Jelf-Sharp | 12 | 1:289 | 100.00% | 5,192 |
| 73 | Evans | 11 | 1:315 | 1.29% | 83 |
| 73 | White | 11 | 1:315 | 0.46% | 9 |
| 73 | Webb | 11 | 1:315 | 0.70% | 26 |
| 73 | Knight | 11 | 1:315 | 1.04% | 55 |
| 73 | Wheeler | 11 | 1:315 | 2.03% | 149 |
| 73 | Arnold | 11 | 1:315 | 2.63% | 216 |
| 73 | Finch | 11 | 1:315 | 1.31% | 86 |
| 73 | Franklin | 11 | 1:315 | 2.69% | 220 |
| 73 | Tyler | 11 | 1:315 | 1.49% | 101 |
| 73 | Jagger | 11 | 1:315 | 73.33% | 4,369 |
| 73 | Pamplin | 11 | 1:315 | 9.65% | 908 |
| 73 | Wiffin | 11 | 1:315 | 12.79% | 1,165 |
| 73 | Runkin | 11 | 1:315 | 100.00% | 5,555 |
| 86 | Jones | 10 | 1:347 | 0.60% | 20 |
| 86 | Harris | 10 | 1:347 | 0.58% | 18 |
| 86 | Adams | 10 | 1:347 | 0.83% | 38 |
| 86 | Hicks | 10 | 1:347 | 1.81% | 146 |
| 86 | Waters | 10 | 1:347 | 5.75% | 567 |
| 86 | Cracknell | 10 | 1:347 | 2.84% | 271 |
| 86 | Farthing | 10 | 1:347 | 6.62% | 673 |
| 86 | Byford | 10 | 1:347 | 1.88% | 153 |
| 86 | Sizer | 10 | 1:347 | 17.54% | 1,598 |
| 86 | Tunbridge | 10 | 1:347 | 7.87% | 812 |
| 86 | Alliston | 10 | 1:347 | 12.05% | 1,200 |
| 97 | Scott | 9 | 1:385 | 0.77% | 41 |
| 97 | West | 9 | 1:385 | 1.29% | 110 |
| 97 | Searle | 9 | 1:385 | 3.08% | 336 |
| 97 | Sargent | 9 | 1:385 | 3.06% | 331 |
| 97 | Rush | 9 | 1:385 | 4.55% | 490 |
| 97 | Last | 9 | 1:385 | 4.29% | 457 |
| 97 | Pilgrim | 9 | 1:385 | 3.28% | 356 |
| 97 | Leader | 9 | 1:385 | 12.16% | 1,319 |
| 97 | Daines | 9 | 1:385 | 6.98% | 802 |
| 97 | Cheek | 9 | 1:385 | 4.76% | 520 |
| 97 | Dace | 9 | 1:385 | 10.84% | 1,200 |
| 97 | Pyman | 9 | 1:385 | 33.33% | 2,816 |
| 97 | Ollett | 9 | 1:385 | 100.00% | 6,506 |
| 97 | Marslen | 9 | 1:385 | 75.00% | 5,192 |
| 111 | Watson | 8 | 1:434 | 0.85% | 71 |
| 111 | King | 8 | 1:434 | 0.31% | 8 |
| 111 | Payne | 8 | 1:434 | 1.15% | 111 |
| 111 | Gill | 8 | 1:434 | 3.42% | 414 |
| 111 | Hardy | 8 | 1:434 | 1.25% | 125 |
| 111 | Hobbs | 8 | 1:434 | 4.28% | 531 |
| 111 | Amos | 8 | 1:434 | 2.62% | 315 |
| 111 | Brand | 8 | 1:434 | 1.39% | 140 |
| 111 | Valentine | 8 | 1:434 | 6.45% | 832 |
| 111 | Balls | 8 | 1:434 | 1.62% | 171 |
| 111 | Mayhew | 8 | 1:434 | 4.30% | 533 |
| 111 | Theobald | 8 | 1:434 | 2.94% | 358 |
| 111 | Gage | 8 | 1:434 | 5.10% | 645 |
| 111 | Ager | 8 | 1:434 | 3.07% | 374 |
| 111 | Amey | 8 | 1:434 | 5.00% | 628 |
| 111 | Goodey | 8 | 1:434 | 3.35% | 408 |
| 111 | Willsher | 8 | 1:434 | 5.00% | 628 |
| 111 | Saward | 8 | 1:434 | 4.15% | 509 |
| 111 | Bowtle | 8 | 1:434 | 15.38% | 1,720 |
| 111 | Tynell | 8 | 1:434 | 88.89% | 6,506 |
| 111 | Yeulett | 8 | 1:434 | 88.89% | 6,506 |
| 111 | Strait | 8 | 1:434 | 44.44% | 3,844 |
| 111 | Smothey | 8 | 1:434 | 100.00% | 7,189 |
| 111 | Hunable | 8 | 1:434 | 100.00% | 7,189 |
| 135 | Allen | 7 | 1:495 | 0.51% | 27 |
| 135 | Gray | 7 | 1:495 | 0.85% | 88 |
| 135 | Barker | 7 | 1:495 | 0.43% | 22 |
| 135 | Perry | 7 | 1:495 | 0.42% | 21 |
| 135 | Kemp | 7 | 1:495 | 0.70% | 64 |
| 135 | Herbert | 7 | 1:495 | 2.40% | 336 |
| 135 | Chamberlain | 7 | 1:495 | 3.37% | 462 |
| 135 | Bright | 7 | 1:495 | 1.20% | 139 |
| 135 | Gosling | 7 | 1:495 | 1.88% | 252 |
| 135 | Radford | 7 | 1:495 | 7.69% | 1,117 |
| 135 | Ling | 7 | 1:495 | 3.55% | 492 |
| 135 | Sibley | 7 | 1:495 | 2.97% | 412 |
| 135 | Claydon | 7 | 1:495 | 1.39% | 166 |
| 135 | Ince | 7 | 1:495 | 7.78% | 1,126 |
| 135 | Tyrell | 7 | 1:495 | 9.21% | 1,288 |
| 135 | Gowers | 7 | 1:495 | 2.31% | 319 |
| 135 | Deal | 7 | 1:495 | 2.86% | 395 |
| 135 | Crack | 7 | 1:495 | 58.33% | 5,192 |
| 135 | Linsell | 7 | 1:495 | 4.24% | 606 |
| 135 | Courtauld | 7 | 1:495 | 46.67% | 4,369 |
| 135 | Lindock | 7 | 1:495 | 100.00% | 8,074 |
| 156 | Wilkinson | 6 | 1:578 | 1.48% | 222 |
| 156 | Russell | 6 | 1:578 | 1.37% | 201 |
| 156 | Day | 6 | 1:578 | 0.47% | 31 |
| 156 | Hart | 6 | 1:578 | 0.69% | 79 |
| 156 | Bradley | 6 | 1:578 | 1.97% | 315 |
| 156 | Lawrence | 6 | 1:578 | 0.83% | 104 |
| 156 | Coates | 6 | 1:578 | 5.36% | 928 |
| 156 | Gibbons | 6 | 1:578 | 2.62% | 427 |
| 156 | Hickman | 6 | 1:578 | 8.11% | 1,319 |
| 156 | Squire | 6 | 1:578 | 15.38% | 2,151 |
| 156 | Watkinson | 6 | 1:578 | 4.44% | 763 |
| 156 | Willett | 6 | 1:578 | 3.77% | 635 |
| 156 | Clift | 6 | 1:578 | 6.82% | 1,145 |
| 156 | Joslin | 6 | 1:578 | 1.47% | 221 |
| 156 | Prime | 6 | 1:578 | 18.18% | 2,446 |
| 156 | Root | 6 | 1:578 | 1.63% | 256 |
| 156 | Dines | 6 | 1:578 | 2.08% | 339 |
| 156 | Tabor | 6 | 1:578 | 8.82% | 1,413 |
| 156 | Corder | 6 | 1:578 | 3.61% | 597 |
| 156 | Woolmer | 6 | 1:578 | 13.64% | 1,955 |
| 156 | Boggis | 6 | 1:578 | 10.71% | 1,622 |
| 156 | Ridgwell | 6 | 1:578 | 2.71% | 442 |
| 156 | Smoothy | 6 | 1:578 | 7.06% | 1,177 |
| 156 | Williss | 6 | 1:578 | 60.00% | 5,980 |
| 156 | Joscelyne | 6 | 1:578 | 13.04% | 1,901 |
| 156 | Alefounder | 6 | 1:578 | 33.33% | 3,844 |
| 156 | Boiley | 6 | 1:578 | 50.00% | 5,192 |
| 156 | Knobel | 6 | 1:578 | 100.00% | 9,145 |
| 156 | Narrington | 6 | 1:578 | 85.71% | 8,074 |
| 156 | Breane | 6 | 1:578 | 100.00% | 9,145 |
| 156 | Ridderson | 6 | 1:578 | 100.00% | 9,145 |
| 187 | Miller | 5 | 1:694 | 0.41% | 35 |
| 187 | Phillips | 5 | 1:694 | 0.58% | 82 |
| 187 | Marshall | 5 | 1:694 | 0.59% | 84 |
| 187 | Lee | 5 | 1:694 | 0.49% | 60 |
| 187 | Cole | 5 | 1:694 | 0.42% | 37 |
| 187 | Burton | 5 | 1:694 | 0.61% | 89 |
| 187 | Whitehead | 5 | 1:694 | 3.25% | 657 |
| 187 | Lambert | 5 | 1:694 | 1.13% | 198 |
| 187 | Nash | 5 | 1:694 | 0.98% | 163 |
| 187 | Peters | 5 | 1:694 | 2.45% | 470 |
| 187 | Godfrey | 5 | 1:694 | 1.10% | 190 |
| 187 | Hull | 5 | 1:694 | 1.79% | 352 |
| 187 | Driver | 5 | 1:694 | 5.56% | 1,126 |
| 187 | Unwin | 5 | 1:694 | 1.98% | 383 |
| 187 | Ambrose | 5 | 1:694 | 2.49% | 480 |
| 187 | Spalding | 5 | 1:694 | 5.32% | 1,079 |
| 187 | Cable | 5 | 1:694 | 2.73% | 544 |
| 187 | Garden | 5 | 1:694 | 35.71% | 4,625 |
| 187 | Bullard | 5 | 1:694 | 10.42% | 1,837 |
| 187 | Alden | 5 | 1:694 | 21.74% | 3,184 |
| 187 | Holly | 5 | 1:694 | 31.25% | 4,181 |
| 187 | Elliston | 5 | 1:694 | 6.41% | 1,259 |
| 187 | Sparke | 5 | 1:694 | 10.42% | 1,837 |
| 187 | Ridgewell | 5 | 1:694 | 2.14% | 414 |
| 187 | Tilbrook | 5 | 1:694 | 4.31% | 893 |
| 187 | Metson | 5 | 1:694 | 2.18% | 427 |
| 187 | Milbank | 5 | 1:694 | 3.85% | 795 |
| 187 | Beavers | 5 | 1:694 | 55.56% | 6,506 |
| 187 | Reyner | 5 | 1:694 | 100.00% | 10,531 |
| 187 | Skingle | 5 | 1:694 | 6.58% | 1,288 |
| 187 | Jeggo | 5 | 1:694 | 10.20% | 1,806 |
| 187 | Baucher | 5 | 1:694 | 83.33% | 9,145 |
| 187 | Isborn | 5 | 1:694 | 33.33% | 4,369 |
| 187 | Wolmer | 5 | 1:694 | 71.43% | 8,074 |
| 187 | Olyott | 5 | 1:694 | 100.00% | 10,531 |
| 187 | Ouggles | 5 | 1:694 | 45.45% | 5,555 |
| 187 | Newmorn | 5 | 1:694 | 100.00% | 10,531 |