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
Category: 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...
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...
Save a Pocklington Anglo Saxon artefact from export
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...
2024 Pocklington Heritage Festival
Our most successful festival yet! Over 130 delegates for our archaeological conference, capacity attendance for our Beanfeast evening, over 200 attended our family day including a visit from our local MP. Day 2 – Shiftipig perform at the Beanfeast...
UK Shared Prosperity Grant
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...
Burnby Hall to be leased to PTC
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...
