Hawkwell
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Hawkwell
| static_image_name = Hawkwell sign_1.jpg
| static_image_caption = One of the village signs
| coordinates = {{coord|51.592085|0.673722|display=inline,title}}
| population = 11,730
| population_ref = (2011 Census){{cite web |title=Civil Parish population 2011 |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124360&c=Hawkwell&d=16&e=62&g=6425587&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1443090102671&enc=1 |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=24 September 2015}}
| os_grid_reference = TQ853915
| civil_parish = Hawkwell
| shire_district = Rochford
| shire_county = Essex
| region = East of England
| country = England
| post_town = HOCKLEY
| postcode_area = SS
| postcode_district = SS5
| dial_code = 01702
| constituency_westminster = Rayleigh and Wickford
| website =
}}
Hawkwell is a village and civil parish in the Rochford district of Essex, England. The 2011 Census gave a population for the parish of 11,730, an increase from 11,231 at the 2001 Census.
History
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Over the course of history Hawkwell has been referred to by several different terms and various spellings, it appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hacuuella or Hechuuella. It has also been called 'Hawkeswell'{{Cite map |last=Chapman |last2=André |first=John |first2=Peter |editor-last=Fransen |editor-first=Tim |title=Digital Map of the County of Essex 1777 |map=A MAP of the County of ESSEX from an Actual Survey taken in MD CCLXXII:LXXIII & MDCCLXXIV by John Chapman & Peter André |publisher=Biblioteca Virtual del Patrimonio Bibliográfico |section=Plate XVIII |url=https://map-of-essex.uk/map_of_essex_v2/ |access-date=2025-03-29}} in the 16th century.
Settlement
The parish includes the village itself, and also much larger suburban developments in the east (running into Rochford) and the west (running into Hockley). East and West Hawkwell are divided by the London to Southend railway line. The White Hart Public House is no longer within Hawkwell since boundary changes and the only public house within Hawkwell is The Victory Inn.
Church
File:Hawkwell, Essex - St.Marys Church.jpg
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin is located amidst fields between the two centres of population. The building is Grade II* listed building, and is largely from the fourteenth century, with the addition of a fifteenth-century bell turret and some other alterations. It was restored in the nineteenth century, and includes twentieth-century stained glass in the south and east windows.{{NHLE |num=1322323 |accessdate=22 March 2011}} Church of St Mary the Virgin, Hawkwell The building was damaged during a bombing raid on 15 September 1940. The concrete and asbestos vestry on the north side was removed in the 1990s, and was replaced by a north aisle, vestry and office constructed in a style to match the rest of the building. The extension nearly doubled the size of the building, and was opened in July 1996.
Amenities
The village has a primary school, leisure centre, pub and other amenities.
References
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External links
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- [http://www.hawkwell.net/index2.html Hawkwell Residents Association]
- [http://rochfordessex.com A Blog from a Hawkwell District Councillor]
- [http://www.hockleyhawkwellmethodist.org.uk/ Hockley & Hawkwell Methodist Church]
- [https://www.hawkwellparishchurch.org/ Hawkwell Parish Church, St. Mary's and Emmanuel]
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Category:Civil parishes in Essex
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