HOCKWOLD, a parish in the hundred of GRIMSHOE, county of NORFOLK, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Brandon-Ferry, containing, with the parish of Wilton, 846 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in four portions, with which the vicarage of Wilton is united, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £9. 13. 11., and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Cains College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, contains three ancient stalls, for the bishop, priest, and deacon, besides a piscina.