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...

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

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...

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...

A temporary export bar has been placed on a rare Anglo-Saxon, Gold and Garnet panel discovered at Pocklington An export bar has been placed on a rare Anglo-Saxon, Gold and Garnet Panel that was discovered in Pocklington to provide an...

We are very pleased to have been awarded a £40,800 grant from the Government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund to deliver a year-long project: Pocklington’s Ancient Heritage – Towards a Permanent Museum. This will enable the trust to produce a high-quality...

Pocklington Post Article on 16th April 2024 East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Cabinet has today (16 April, 2024) agreed to offer a 125-year lease of Burnby Hall in Pocklington to Pocklington Town Council at a peppercorn rent.It has now been...