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PDHT Trustee meeting for 14th October 2025

Summary of a meeting of the Trustees held at 6.00pm on 14th October 2025 at Burnby Hall Committee reports Finance and Fund-raising The Treasurer circulated copies of the end of year accounts. It had been a successful year and there...

January 9, 2026

PDHT Trustee meeting for 1st September 2025

Meeting Minutes

PDHT Trustee meeting for 1st September 2025

Summary of a meeting of the Trustees held at 4.30pm on 1st September 2025 at Burnby Hall Committee reports Museum Creation The lease of Burnby Hall from East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC) to Pocklington Town Council (PTC) had beensigned...

January 9, 2026

Heritage

Pocklington Heritage Festival – 2025

14th-15th November 2025 This year the Festival was a two day event. The first day was a conference with the theme of the landscape of East Yorkshire. A capacity audience saw an outstanding day of lectures on the topic. Six experts...

January 8, 2026

Meeting Minutes

PDHT Trustee meeting for 7th July 2025

Pocklington District Heritage Trust Summary of a meeting of the Trustees held at 4.00pm on 7th July 2025* at Pocklington Rugby Club Committee reports a. Museum CreationThe lease of Burnby Hall from East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC) to Pocklington...

August 14, 2025

Articles

Burnby Hall lease is signed!

From the Pocklington Post Facebook for 7th August 2025: Pocklington Town Council has announced the official lease signing for Burnby Hall. This milestone ‘marks a major investment in the town’s social infrastructure and reflects the council’s commitment to support local...

August 14, 2025

Latest Crowdfunding News – The Pocela Panel comes home!

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Latest Crowdfunding News – The Pocela Panel comes home!

The rare early medieval gold panel found near Pocklington has finally returned home after it was delivered to Pocklington District Heritage Trust trustee, Alex Harvey, this week. The handover was the culmination of six months of concerted efforts by the...

August 14, 2025

Meeting Minutes

PDHT Trustee meeting 12th May 2025

Summary of a meeting of the Trustees held on 24th February 2025 Committee reports a. Museum Creation Pocklington Town Council (PTC) are still having problems with the wording of the lease from East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC). It was...

August 14, 2025

Meeting Minutes

PDHT Trustee meeting 24th February 2025

Committee reports a. Museum CreationEast Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC) have provided a lease which Pocklington Town Council (PTC) has sent to theirsolicitor. When this is finalised PTC will provide a lease for the Pocklington Community Trust who will then...

August 14, 2025

Heritage

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

April 9, 2025

Pocklington Horticultural Society’s donation helps our future museum to bloom

Heritage

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...

April 9, 2025