Archaeological excavations are required to meet Planning conditions for large scale housing developments. Over the past ten years, major digs have cumulatively transformed our understanding of the way pre-Historic communities settled and lived in the Wolds. In particular, they have yielded Iron Age burial sites of a scale and uniqueness that makes them internationally important. Pocklington District Heritage Trust was formed to preserve this heritage and enable it to be showcased in the local area. But it does not stop there – Pocklington and District has made its mark throughout history and we want to tell the whole story, from pre-History to the present.

The Trust arose from an existing partnership between Pocklington and District Local History Group, schools, town and unitary councils, archaeologists and interested and expert individuals. .