What is "hockley"

Hockley is a large village and civil parish in Essex, England located between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea. More specifically it lies between Rayleigh and Rochford. It came to prominence during the coming of the railway in the 1890s and at the 2001 census had a population of 13,616 people, reducing to 9,616 at the 2011 Census, many of whom commute to London. The parish of Hockley itself has a population of 8,909 (2001 census), while the urban area runs into the neighbouring parish of Hawkwell. Hockley railway station serves the village.

Hockley is a village in Essex, England.

Hockley may also refer to:

Hockley (dates unknown) was an English professional cricketer who made 8 known appearances in first-class cricket matches from 1799 to 1805.

Hockley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Debbie Hockley (born 1972), former New Zealand cricketer
• Fred Hockley (1923–1945), English fighter pilot
• George Washington Hockley (1802–1852), Texas revolutionary
• James Hockley (born 1979), English cricketer
• Matthew Hockley (born 1982), English footballer
• Oli Hockley, Belgian rugby union footballer
• Wayne Hockley (born 1978), English former professional footballer

Fictional characterS:

• Caledon Hockley, a fictional character in the 1997 film Titanic

Hockley, also known as Erin and Cowslip Green, is a historic estate located near Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia. The core of the main house was built about 1840, then added to in 1857, and modified to its present form in 1901 and 1906. It is a 2 1/2-story, five bay, frame dwelling on a brick foundation. The front facade features two flanking two-story, 12 feet in diameter, octagonal towers, each with original copper finials at the peak. The 60 feet by 32 feet sized main structure has a 24 feet by 18 feet kitchen wing and attached garage. The property includes a contributing archaeological site, barn, two chicken sheds, garage, pump house, well, ice house. It was the home of Fannie Johnson Taliaferro, an early proponent of historic preservation and pioneering member of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA, now Preservation Virginia).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.