Hockerton School and Post box
By Pauline Marples
This old building is at Hockerton not far from the Spread Eagle Public House. While it has the appearance of a chapel, the plaque above the door suggests it was a school opened in 1843. Does anyone have further information on this building? Could it have had connections to Hockerton Parish Church which is only a short distance away, across the road and down a lane?
Although the building is now in a dilapidated state the Victorian Wall Post Box, attached to the building is still in use [August 2015]. The box was made by Smith & Hawkes of Birmingham .
View from the main road
P Marples 12th August 2015
Close up of name and date
M Marples 12th August 2015
Side view
M Marples 12th August 2015
Distance view
M Marples12th August 2015