In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales" described Hockerton like this:

    HOCKERTON, a parish in Southwell district, Notts; on an affluent of the river Trent, 2 miles NNE of Southwell r. station.  Post town, Southwell.  Acres, 1, 373.  Real property, £1, 582. Pop., 108. Houses, 21.  The property all belongs to Mrs. Whetham. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £230.  Patron, Mrs. Whetham.  The church is old and tolerable; and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower.