HOCKWOLD, WITH WILTON, are adjoining villages, from 4 to 5 miles W. of Brandon, and form one parish, comprising 1,067 souls, and 237 houses, and 6,569 acres of land, over which a new road was made, with a suspension bridge across the river to Suffolk, in 1829. A fair is held at Hockwold on July 25th. The chief land owners and lords of the manors are the Rev. W. Newcome, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Hockwold Church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a small edifice, with a square tower and three bells. Wilton Church, (St. James,) has a tower, surmounted by an octagonal spire, and six bells. The former rectory, valued in the King's book at £9 13s. 11d., and Wilton vicarage, at £6 7s. 6d., are consolidated, and were valued in 1831 at £530. They are in the gift of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and enjoyed by the Rev. W. Hanson, who is lessee of the rectorial tithes of Wilton. Here is a Wesleyan chapel and also a National school. Within the bounds of the parish is an extra-parochial farm called Redmore. The poor have 30a. of fen land to cut turf on, and have also 24s. yearly, left by Thos. Blackerley; about £10 from 5a. of land left by Robt. Clough; £8 8s. from 9a. of fen purchased with poor's money, in 1769; and £8, as the interest of £200 left by the Rev. W. Adamson, in 1776.
PostOffice at Mr. W. Rolfe's: letters arrive at 3 a.m., and are despatched at 8 p.m.
Coates Saml. blacksmith
Field Benj. blacksmith
Greenfield Mr. Jno.
Greenfield Jas. whlwrt
Greenfield Wm. brickmakr
Hanson Rev. Wm. Hy. rector Harrold Geo. corn miller
Jarvis Wm. carpenter
Lamb Wm. carpenter
Lambert Jph. corn miller Lee Mrs. Susan
Manning Mrs. Ellen
Morley Saml. bricklayer
Newcome Mrs. Cath. Hall Pearson Geo. sen. nurseryman
Petts Jno. falconer
Pettett Jno. tailor
Sparke Jas. schoolmaster
Taylor Jas. gamekeeper
Thompson Mr. Robt.
Webb Wm. carpenter
West Eliz. baker
West Mr. Thos.
Farmers. Addy Myhill
Blowfield Chas.
Chambers Geo.
Clarke Hayoe [sic. Heyhoe ?] Cooper Jas.
Cock Field
Cossey Wm.
Enefer Jph.
Green Jno.
Green Mtthw.
Jacob Geo.
Johnson Edw.
Johnson Wm.
Johnson W. jun
Lamb Geo.
Palmer Mark
Pearson Jno.
Pearson Robt.
Spinks Jno.
Thompson Robt.
Thompson Wm.
Woolsey Jno.
Grcrs.& Drprs. Pearson Geo. jun. (& agent to the Phoenix Fire Office)
Rolfe Wm.
Secker Geo.
Woolsey Jas.
