Newsletter
Here is the first Newsletter for the Pocklington District Heriage Trust. We hope to produce a quarterly edition which will contain the latest news and will also be available from our website and pocklingtonhistory.com
Author: Harriet Dorman
Pocklington Horticultural Society’s donation helps our future museum to bloom
Pocklington District Heritage Trust received an unexpected boost to its plans to create a district museum within Burnby Hall, when Pocklington Horticultural Society handed over a cheque for £500. Presenting the cheque at the heritage trust’s recent ‘Revealing the Shield(s)’ event...
Revealing the Shield
A capacity audience in the Community Hall saw the unveiling of the replica shield that was found in ‘The Mile’. Phil Gilbank who is Chairman of Pocklington District Heritage Trust together with Roland Williamson, who is one of the countries...
Target for Anglo-Saxon Artefact Reached!
Thank you everyone for your support and generosity. We are over the finishing line having raised the target £4,000. Having reached the target amount we have updated Arts Council England who are managing matters on behalf of the Dept of...
Revealing the Pocklington Shield
On Friday 28 March, Pocklington District Heritage Trust is unveiling a new, stunning reproduction of the Pocklington Shield alongside its 2,500 year-old original, described by experts as: “the most important British Celtic art object of the millennium.” The two shields...
Meeting with Trustees on 25th January 2025
1/25 Present: C Bond, R Fisk, P Gilbank (chairman), P Halkon, S McNamee, A Sefton. J Green (minutes secretary) 2/25 Welcome and Apologies PG welcomed everyone to the meeting. Apologies were received from D Bowman, R Bryon, and A Harvey 3/25 Minutes...
