Pocklington Genealogical Records
Pocklington Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A name index, connected to digital images of baptism registers. These record relationships between parents and their children and may detail where they lived and how they made a living.
Digital images of baptism registers, searchable by a name index. They list parents' names - their occupations, residence and sometimes other details.
A growing index of births registered in the county. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
An index to 1,250,301 baptisms, linked to images of the original registers. These records will provide parents' names, residences, occupations and occasionally other details.
Pocklington Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of marriage registers, searchable by a name index.
Digital images of marriage registers, searchable by a name index. They are the primary source for pre-1837 marriages. They may record the bride and groom's residence, the groom's occupation, parents' names, marital status and witnesses.
Banns registers list the names of people who intended to marry by the system of calling banns, in which the bride and groom's name were called for three weeks at church. At these callings objections could be made to a marriage. Thus they record any intended marriages that didn't occur.
Banns registers list the names of people who intended to marry by the system of calling banns, in which the bride and groom's name were called for three weeks at church. At these callings objections could be made to a marriage. Thus they record any intended marriages that didn't occur.
Pocklington Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. They may include the deceased's name, residence and age. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
A name index linked to original images of the burial registers of the church. Records document an individual's date of death and/or burial, age residence and more.
An index of burials recorded at All Saints, Pocklington_. The index includes the name of the deceased, the date of burial, age (where available) and occasionally other notes.
A growing index of deaths registered in the county. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
Pocklington Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A name index to records recording taxes levied against owners of hearths in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
A tax on the county's wealthier residents, ordered by wapentake or liberty and settlement.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering Pocklington
A searchable newspaper providing a rich variety of information about the people and places of the York district. Includes obituaries and family announcements.
This fully searchable newspaper will provide a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Yorkshire district. Includes family announcements.
Britain's most popular provincial newspaper, covering local & national news, family announcements, government & local proceedings and more.
An illustrated, conservative newspaper with a national focus.
A regional newspaper including news from the Yorkshire area, family announcements, business notices, advertisements, legal & governmental proceedings and more.
Pocklington Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
Digital images, indexed by testor's name, of 28,716 wills, administrations, inventories and other probate documents. The records can shed light on an individual’s relations, possessions, land holdings, legal agreements and more. They cover various jurisdictions throughout the north of England.
An index to 263,822 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, year of probate, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
An index to 10,195 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, occupation, will & probate year, language, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
An index to wills, proved by the Derby Probate Registry. Index includes name, residence and year of probate. Contains entries for Yorkshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and other counties.
Pocklington Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Pocklington Military Records
A general history of the regiment, including biographies of its colonels.
An inventory of memorials commemorating those who served and died in military conflicts.
A chronicle of happenings in the counties of Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire relating to the war in Europe. Contains much detail on ship building.
Lists of officers by rank, regiment and name.
Biographies of hundreds of men who served as officers in The Green Howards, an infant regiment in the King's Division. Details given include parentage, date of birth, military career and later professional career.
Pocklington Court & Legal Records
Abstracts of records that detail land conveyances.
Transcriptions of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes.
Transcripts of 17,368 admission records, including name, gender, age, occupation, date of admission, cause of insanity, outcome of incarceration, date of leaving the institution and more.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Pocklington Taxation Records
A name index to records recording taxes levied against owners of hearths in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A transcription of the Lincolnshire section of the Domesday Book, which records land ownership, use and value in the late 11th century; and similar survey completed in 1118.
Pocklington Land & Property Records
Extracts for East Riding settlements found in the Domesday book. Includes the modern & 11th century place name, land owners and details of later history.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
Abstracts of records that detail land conveyances.
Pocklington Directories & Gazetteers
A directory of settlements in the riding detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A directory of the riding detailing its history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A directory outlining the history of settlements in the North and East Ridings and listing their commercial, private and professional residents.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private residents..
Pocklington Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of East Riding's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
An index to close to 150,000 names listed on gravestones in Yorkshire.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Pocklington Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Pocklington Histories & Books
A general history of the area and its divisions.
Extracts for East Riding settlements found in the Domesday book. Includes the modern & 11th century place name, land owners and details of later history.
An English translation of Yorkshire domesday records. This transcripts details the county's landowners in 1086.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A chronicle of happenings in the counties of Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire relating to the war in Europe. Contains much detail on ship building.
Pocklington School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Pocklington Occupation & Business Records
Profiles of collieries in the north of England, with employment statistics, profiles of those who died in the mines and photographs.
Reports of mining distastes, includes lists of the deceased and photographs of monuments.
An introduction to smuggling on the east coast of England, with details of the act in various regions.
Abstract biographies of people connected with mining in the North of England.
A searchable book detailing the Yorkshire Rugby Football Union around the time of the Great War. Contains the names of many players and other persons associated with the sport.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Pocklington
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Pocklington Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Photographs and descriptions of East Riding's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Pedigrees compiled from a late 16th century heraldic visitation of Yorkshire. This work records the lineage, descendants and marriages of families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Pedigrees compiled from a early 17th century heraldic visitation of Yorkshire. This work records the lineage, descendants and marriages of families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
Pocklington Church Records
Digital images of baptism, marriage and burial registers from Church of England places of worship in Yorkshire.
Records recording teens and young adults commitment to the Christian faith.
Documentation for those baptised, married and buried at England. Parish registers can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
The primary source of documentation for baptisms, marriages and burials before 1837, though extremely useful to the present. Their records can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
Biographical Directories Covering Pocklington
A listing of the prominent residents of the county of Yorkshire, giving details on family, education, careers, hobbies, associations and more. Also includes details on the county's government officials, military officers, members of parliament, religious leaders and demographics.
Biographies of hundreds of men who served as officers in The Green Howards, an infant regiment in the King's Division. Details given include parentage, date of birth, military career and later professional career.
Abstract biographies of people connected with mining in the North of England.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Pocklington Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
A number of maps of northern England with the locations of collieries plotted.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Pocklington Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Historical Description
Pocklington is a small market-town, situated about a mile east from the turnpike road from York to Hull. The market day is on Saturday, and there are four annual fairs. There are no manufactures at this place, nor any great trade.
In the neighbourhood there are many beautiful seats of noblemen and gentlemen, among the rest Kilank Percy’s Hall, Warter Hall, Heaton, Everingham Hall, and Melburn Hall.
In a gravel-pit in Barnsley field, near Pocklington, were dug up in 1763, four human skeletons; three were without coffins, the fourth was enclosed in a coffin with an urn at the head, on the outside of which were engraved several ancient characters.
POCKLINGTON is a market and union town, and the head of a county court district, with a station on the York and Market Weighton branch of the North Eastern railway, 198 miles from London, 16 by rail east from York, 6 ¼ north-west from Market Weighton, 27 north-west from Hull, 30 south-west from Bridlington and 32 south-west (54 by rail) from Scarborough, in the Howdenshire division of the Riding, Wilton Beacon division of the Wapentake of Harthill, Wilton Beacon petty sessional division, rural deanery of Pocklington, archdeaconry of the East Riding and diocese of York.
Under the provision of the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73), the town is governed by an Urban District Council of 9 members, in place of the former Local Board constituted under the “Public Health Act, 1875,” by Local Government Board Older No. 29,872, dated July 1st, 1893.
On Oct. 1st, 1901, by Local Government Board Order No. 42,567, part of Barmby-on-the-Moor was added to Pocklington township and Urban District.
The town is lighted with gas from works near the West Green, built in 1886, at a cost of £8,000, and the property of the Pocklington New Gas Co. Limited, and is supplied with water from works 1 mile east of the town, erected in 1890 by the Pocklington Water Works Co. Limited, but the main water supply is obtained from springs at Givendale, 3 miles distant; a considerable stream rises near Millington and Great Givendale, and in its course through the parish works several mills and empties itself into the river Derwent.
The church of All Saints is a cruciform building of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, with north chapel, clerestoried nave, aisles, transepts and a lofty embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing a clock and 5 bells, but traces of the Norman church still exist: there are eleven stained windows: the east window was erected by the late Admiral the Hon. Arthur Duncombe, of Kilnwick Percy; and there are memorial windows to members of the Loftus and Powell families: the font consists of a square basin of fossilized marble on a circular pedestal: there are several memorials to the Dolman and other families, including an elegant mural monument to Thomas Dolman esq. ob. 1589; another to Robert Southeby, ob. 1594; and a third to Robert Denison esq. d. 1829, and his; wife, d. 1837: at the west end of the church is a beautifully carved cross, c. 1360, discovered in the churchyard: on the pedestal is a modern inscription in Latin, which translated reads:-“Here Paulinos preached in the year 627:” in the chancel is a large monument to the Denison family, formerly lords of the manor, over which is a carving in oak of “the Crucifixion,” executed in Germany, about 1500; and well preserved: dose to the foot of the pulpit is a stone to Margaret Easingwald, last prioress of the Benedictine nunnery of Wilberfoss: the church was partially restored and reseated in 1850; in 1854 the chancel walls were refaced, and in 1879 and 1889 further restorations were effected, at a cost of £1,150: the nave, roof and aisles were restored in 1901 at a cost of £3,600: there are 600 sittings. The register dates from the year 1559. The Living is a vicarage, so constituted in 1252, with the chapelry of Yapham and Meltonby annexed, net yearly value £212, including 29a. 1r. 27p. of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held since 1908 by the Rev. Arthur Thomas Fisher B.A., of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
The Catholic church, in London street, dedicated to SS. Mary and Joseph, and opened in 1863, was built from the designs of Messrs. Hadfield, of Sheffield, and consists of nave with eastern apse: there are five stained windows, one of which was presented by the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk: an organ gallery, the gift of the late Mrs. Thompson, of Pocklington, was erected in 1907: the church affords sittings for 120 persons, and attached is a residence for the priest.
The Congregational chapel in Chapmangate, erected in 1807, has an endowment of £60 yearly, bestowed by John Jackson, d. 1874, and will seat 350 persons; there are also Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
The Burial Ground, near the West Green, opened in 1857, contains 4a. 1r. 10p. and has two small chapels, one for the Church of England and the other for Dissenters; it is under the control of the Urban District Council, acting as a burial board.
The Police Court and Station, erected in 1899-1900. at a cost of about £3,500, are of Ted brick with stone dressings; the buildings comprise a court room, magistrates’ room, a witnesses’ waiting room, and a police station, with residence for the superintendent.
Victoria Hall, in Chapmangate, is let for public meetings and lectures, and will hold 450 persons.
The building originally erected in 1880 for the purposes of a hospital, in memory of the late Thomas Wilson M.D. of Pocklington, is at present occupied as a private residence.
An ornamental street lamp with granite pedestal was erected at a cost of about £150, in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of the late Queen Victoria.
The local trade includes brewing, malting, rope and twine making and brick making; there are agricultural implement manufactories, and in the neighbourhood several corn mills.
The market is held every Saturday. There are four fairs nominally held here annually-on the 7th of March, 6th of May, 5th of August and the 8th of November; on the 9th of November there is a statute fair for hiring servants, and the auction is held every alternate Monday.
Most of the charities left by Henry Powell (1895), Mrs. Isabella Moor, Mrs. Ann Blackwell (1733), Robert Chapman (1718), Dr. Henry Watkinson, Mr. John Moor, William Westoby, John Seymour and John Cole, are for the time being lost.
About 1 mile south-west of the town is the Pocklington canal, the property of the North Eastern Railway Co.: the canal, made under the provisions of an Act passed in 1814, is about 9 miles in length and extends to East Cottingwith, where it forms a communication with the river Derwent.
Basil Duncombe esq. of Kilnwick Percy, is lord of the manor and lay rector and principal landowner, and holds a court leet, baron and copyhold court: there are also a large number of small freeholders.
Pocklington parish comprises the townships of Yap-ham-with-Meltonby and Ousethorpe. The township and Urban District of Pocklington contains 2,616 acres of land, including 75 acres taken over from Barmby-on-the-Moor, and 7 of water; rateable value, £12,158; the population in 1911 was 3,556, including 5 officers and 63 inmates in the workhouse, and in the ecclesiastical parish, 2,757.
Petty Sessions are held at the Police Court, Great George street, the first Saturday in every month (except October), at 10 a.m. In addition to the above, special sessions will be held every day if there are any prisoners in custody.
The following places are included in the petty sessional division:-Allerthorpe, Barmby-on-the-Moor, Bielby, Bishop Wilton-with-Belthorpe, Bolton, Buckthorpe, Burnby, High & Low Catton, Fangfoss, Full Sutton, Garrowby, Great & Little Givendale, Grimthorpe, Hayton, Huggate, Kilnwick Percy, Kirby-Underdale. Melbourne, Millington, Newton-upon-Derwent, Nunburnholme, Ousethorpe, Pocklington, Skirpenbeck, Stamford Bridge East, Storwood, Sutton-upon-Derwent, Thixendale, Thornton, Waplington. Warter, Wilberfoss, Yapham-cum-Meltonby, Youlthorpe-cum-Gowthorpe.
POCKLINGTON UNION
Board day, every alternate Monday, at the Board room, at 1.30 p.m.
Pocklington union comprises the following places:-Allerthorpe, Barmby-on-the-Moor, Bielby, Bishop Wilton-with-Belthorpe, Bolton, Bugthorpe, Burnby, Catton (High), Catton (Low), Cliffe (North), Cliffe (South), Cotiringwith (East), Everingham, Fangfoss, Fridaythorpe, Full Subton, Givendale (Great)-with Grimthorpe, Goodmanham, Harswell, Hayton, Huggate, Kilnwick Percy, Kirby Underdale-with-Garrowby, Londesborough-with-Easthorpe, Market Weighton & Arras, Melbourne, Millington-with-Little Givendale, Newton-upon-Derwent, Nunburnholme, Ousethorpe, Pocklington, Sancton-with-Houghton, Scrayingham, Seaton Ross, Shipton, Skirpenbeck, Stamford Bridge (Elast), Storwood, Sutton-upon-Derwent, Thixendale, Thornton, Thorpele-Street, Waplington, Warter, Wilberfoss, Yapham-cum-Meltonby, Youlthorpe-cum-Gowthorpe. The area of the union is 110,638 acres; rateable value at Lady Day, 1912, £117,240; the population in 1911 was 13,833.
The Union Workhouse, situated on the road leading to Burnby, is a structure of brick, erected in 1852, at a cost of £1,608, on a site purchased for £360, it was enlarged in 1896, at a cost of £6,237, & will hold 113 inmates; in 1878 a hospital was added, for 30 patients.
TERRITORIAL FORCE.
5th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (Detachment of A Co.), attached to Market Weighton.
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services
All Saints’ Church, Rev. Arthur Thomas Fisher B.A. vicar; Rev. John Coates, curate; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; daily at 4.30 p.m. in winter & 6 p.m. in summer.
SS. Mary & Joseph, Catholic, London street, Rev. John McCabe, priest; 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.; daily, 8.30 a.m.
Congregational, Rev. John Brierley; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.15 p.m.
Primitive Methodist. Rev. H. Percival Fell, superintendent & Rev. William Armstrong; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Mon. & Thur. 7.15 p.m.; Fri. 7.45 p.m.
Wesleyan Methodist, Rev. Harvey Field, superintendent; Rev. Albert Woolley & Rev. W. Angelo Helm; Rev. Thomas J. Macartney, supernumerary; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Mon. & Tue. 7 p.m.
SCHOOLS
The Endowed Grammar School, on West Green, was originally connected with a guild in the parish church, called “the Society of Brethren of the Name of Jesus, the Blessed Virgin & St. Nicholas of Pocklington,” the seal of which, together with tin ancient silver cocking bell, belonging to the school, is still preserved: the guild was founded by John Dolman LL.D. archdeacon of Suffolk (one of a family who were for centuries lords of the manor of Pocklington), in the 6th year of Henry Vlll. (24th May, 1514); & when subsequently, in the reign of that monarch, all such guilds were suppressed, the property originally left to the guild was preserved by the exertions of the founder’s family for the benefit of the school: the Master &. Fellows of St. John’s College, Cambridge, under the arrangement then made, appointed the master of the school, who, in turn with the church wardens, appointed the usher; & the master & usher together formed a corporation, called the “Corporation of Master & Usher of the Free Grammar School of Pocklington.” Attached to or connected with the school are the following scholarships & exhibitions:-1, Four Dowman exhibitions each of £40 yearly & tenable for 4 years at St. John’s College, Cambridge; a, the Ackroyd exhibition of £50 for 3 years at either Oxford or Cambridge, may be competed for by boys from this school; 3, the Ann Watson exhibitions of £25 each yearly & tenable for 4 years at any university, tire similarly open; 4, three County Council scholarships of £60 yearly each, tenable for a years, by natives of or residents in the East Biding, at the Leeds University, Leeds, Firth College, Sheffield, Owens College, Manchester, the Royal College of Science, South Kensington, or any other college or university approved by the County Council; 5, exhibitions established by the governors at any place of higher education, or of scientific or professional training.
The following are tenable only at the school:-1, Eight local exhibitions for day boys, each of the yearly value of £7 10s.; 2, foundation scholarships for boarders, of £20 each, yearly, awarded by examination; 3, ten house scholarships, five senior & five junior, of £20 each yearly; 4, a limited number of entrance scholarships at £20 each & of exhibitions of £15 The revenues of the school arise mainly from land situated in various parts of the East Biding, & amount to about £800 a year. The Rev. T. Shields B.D. who became head master in 1807, succeeded in considerably augmenting the income of the school, & in 1818 commenced the rebuilding of the school & master’s house, eventually completed in 1848 by the Rev. F. J. Gruggen M.A.: in 1875 the Endowed Schools Commissioners completely-re-organized the management of the schools & transferred the patronage from St. John’s College to a governing body of 12 members; T. W. Oalverley-Rudston esq. D.L., J.P. of Allerthorpe Hall, chairman; Thomas Robson, Waterloo buildings, clerk to the governors. During 1890-91, a gymnasium, chemical laboratory, infirmary & other buildings were erected, & in 1898 the school was further enlarged by the addition of a new wing, at a cost of about £6,000; there are now (1913) two boarding houses, & about 60 boys; head master, George Hayden Keeton M.A.Camb.; 2nd master, William Jones Thomas M.A.Oxon (science); assistants, Christopher Geoffrey Stansbury M.A. (french), William James Perry M.A. (mathematics), Raymond Whitworth Hutchinson M.A. (english) & John Lambert Bown A.R.D.S. (drawing).
Public Elementary Schools
School Attendance Officer, James Edward Green, Holmlea, Yapham road County Council, opened in February, 1908, an additional class room added in 1910, built at a cost of about £3,000, for 290 scholars, including infants; average attendance, 147 mixed & 80 infants.
Church of England, New street (mixed & infants), erected, with house for the master, in 1854, at a cost of upwards of £1,444, including the value of the site, presented by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners & the late Admiral the Hon. Arthur Duncombe: the school will hold 152 boys & girls & 80 infants; average attendance, 150 boys & girls & 56 infants.
Catholic, London street (mixed), erected in 1877, for 65 children; average attendance, 30.
Most Common Surnames in Pocklington
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Harthill Wapentake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 91 | 1:34 | 0.20% | 1 |
| 2 | Johnson | 66 | 1:46 | 0.48% | 12 |
| 3 | Richardson | 52 | 1:59 | 0.64% | 30 |
| 4 | Foster | 36 | 1:85 | 0.46% | 35 |
| 5 | Turner | 30 | 1:102 | 0.30% | 20 |
| 6 | Steels | 29 | 1:106 | 20.14% | 2,616 |
| 7 | Shaw | 28 | 1:109 | 0.20% | 11 |
| 7 | Tinson | 28 | 1:109 | 43.08% | 4,339 |
| 9 | Thompson | 27 | 1:113 | 0.17% | 9 |
| 10 | Holmes | 26 | 1:118 | 0.29% | 25 |
| 10 | Rhodes | 26 | 1:118 | 0.41% | 52 |
| 12 | Todd | 25 | 1:122 | 1.04% | 185 |
| 13 | Grant | 24 | 1:128 | 2.05% | 435 |
| 14 | Brown | 23 | 1:133 | 0.13% | 7 |
| 14 | Lamb | 23 | 1:133 | 1.46% | 321 |
| 16 | Wilson | 22 | 1:139 | 0.10% | 3 |
| 16 | Scaife | 22 | 1:139 | 2.72% | 605 |
| 18 | Fowler | 21 | 1:146 | 0.96% | 216 |
| 19 | Wilkinson | 20 | 1:153 | 0.16% | 13 |
| 19 | Fox | 20 | 1:153 | 0.42% | 70 |
| 21 | Bell | 19 | 1:161 | 0.28% | 49 |
| 21 | Gray | 19 | 1:161 | 0.57% | 123 |
| 21 | Lister | 19 | 1:161 | 0.42% | 80 |
| 21 | Judson | 19 | 1:161 | 3.26% | 846 |
| 25 | Harrison | 17 | 1:180 | 0.12% | 10 |
| 25 | Barker | 17 | 1:180 | 0.17% | 19 |
| 25 | Singleton | 17 | 1:180 | 1.62% | 473 |
| 25 | Flint | 17 | 1:180 | 2.72% | 783 |
| 25 | Moor | 17 | 1:180 | 1.95% | 562 |
| 30 | Dixon | 16 | 1:191 | 0.27% | 56 |
| 30 | Robson | 16 | 1:191 | 0.69% | 199 |
| 30 | Stephenson | 16 | 1:191 | 0.28% | 58 |
| 30 | Manners | 16 | 1:191 | 9.04% | 2,255 |
| 30 | Buttle | 16 | 1:191 | 7.88% | 2,050 |
| 30 | Hotham | 16 | 1:191 | 7.24% | 1,918 |
| 36 | Gibson | 15 | 1:204 | 0.32% | 75 |
| 36 | Rooks | 15 | 1:204 | 6.49% | 1,861 |
| 38 | Nicholson | 14 | 1:219 | 0.29% | 71 |
| 38 | House | 14 | 1:219 | 12.84% | 3,137 |
| 40 | Wright | 13 | 1:235 | 0.10% | 14 |
| 40 | Cook | 13 | 1:235 | 0.30% | 86 |
| 40 | Simpson | 13 | 1:235 | 0.15% | 27 |
| 40 | Kirby | 13 | 1:235 | 0.62% | 227 |
| 40 | Lumb | 13 | 1:235 | 0.54% | 187 |
| 40 | Horsley | 13 | 1:235 | 1.64% | 622 |
| 40 | Bateson | 13 | 1:235 | 1.59% | 594 |
| 40 | Raper | 13 | 1:235 | 1.60% | 601 |
| 40 | Cattle | 13 | 1:235 | 6.53% | 2,084 |
| 49 | Hall | 12 | 1:255 | 0.11% | 17 |
| 49 | Ward | 12 | 1:255 | 0.11% | 15 |
| 49 | Hunter | 12 | 1:255 | 0.45% | 157 |
| 49 | Gordon | 12 | 1:255 | 2.28% | 924 |
| 49 | Giles | 12 | 1:255 | 2.00% | 819 |
| 49 | Eastwood | 12 | 1:255 | 0.37% | 126 |
| 49 | Hatfield | 12 | 1:255 | 2.03% | 833 |
| 49 | Lazenby | 12 | 1:255 | 1.22% | 503 |
| 49 | Thackray | 12 | 1:255 | 1.08% | 449 |
| 49 | Rhoades | 12 | 1:255 | 18.46% | 4,339 |
| 59 | Thomas | 11 | 1:278 | 0.29% | 101 |
| 59 | White | 11 | 1:278 | 0.15% | 43 |
| 59 | Fisher | 11 | 1:278 | 0.27% | 94 |
| 59 | English | 11 | 1:278 | 3.63% | 1,496 |
| 59 | Watkinson | 11 | 1:278 | 1.04% | 469 |
| 59 | Sellers | 11 | 1:278 | 1.26% | 561 |
| 59 | Kelsey | 11 | 1:278 | 2.81% | 1,195 |
| 59 | Dodsworth | 11 | 1:278 | 1.42% | 633 |
| 59 | Seller | 11 | 1:278 | 8.21% | 2,769 |
| 59 | Jaram | 11 | 1:278 | 30.56% | 6,368 |
| 69 | Clark | 10 | 1:306 | 0.13% | 40 |
| 69 | Ross | 10 | 1:306 | 0.81% | 408 |
| 69 | Cross | 10 | 1:306 | 0.73% | 362 |
| 69 | Barlow | 10 | 1:306 | 0.88% | 444 |
| 69 | Faulkner | 10 | 1:306 | 3.52% | 1,582 |
| 69 | Grainger | 10 | 1:306 | 1.42% | 690 |
| 69 | Bean | 10 | 1:306 | 0.90% | 450 |
| 69 | Joy | 10 | 1:306 | 2.05% | 996 |
| 69 | Cundall | 10 | 1:306 | 3.15% | 1,440 |
| 78 | Matthews | 9 | 1:340 | 0.69% | 382 |
| 78 | Thorpe | 9 | 1:340 | 0.33% | 152 |
| 78 | Kendall | 9 | 1:340 | 0.63% | 345 |
| 78 | Moon | 9 | 1:340 | 2.06% | 1,098 |
| 78 | Craven | 9 | 1:340 | 0.27% | 117 |
| 78 | Easton | 9 | 1:340 | 2.20% | 1,153 |
| 78 | Collings | 9 | 1:340 | 6.12% | 2,570 |
| 78 | Beal | 9 | 1:340 | 1.30% | 702 |
| 78 | Rippon | 9 | 1:340 | 4.19% | 1,971 |
| 78 | Bonser | 9 | 1:340 | 20.93% | 5,692 |
| 78 | Askham | 9 | 1:340 | 2.36% | 1,219 |
| 78 | Vause | 9 | 1:340 | 3.46% | 1,679 |
| 78 | Towse | 9 | 1:340 | 3.45% | 1,677 |
| 78 | Mulrooney | 9 | 1:340 | 18.37% | 5,204 |
| 78 | Sunman | 9 | 1:340 | 17.65% | 5,054 |
| 78 | Bravender | 9 | 1:340 | 81.82% | 13,541 |
| 94 | Robinson | 8 | 1:383 | 0.04% | 4 |
| 94 | Jackson | 8 | 1:383 | 0.05% | 8 |
| 94 | Jennings | 8 | 1:383 | 0.39% | 229 |
| 94 | Nelson | 8 | 1:383 | 0.34% | 196 |
| 94 | Waters | 8 | 1:383 | 1.63% | 993 |
| 94 | Hope | 8 | 1:383 | 1.26% | 770 |
| 94 | Clarkson | 8 | 1:383 | 0.30% | 156 |
| 94 | Stubbs | 8 | 1:383 | 0.67% | 428 |
| 94 | Beckett | 8 | 1:383 | 0.99% | 606 |
| 94 | Coulson | 8 | 1:383 | 0.81% | 504 |
| 94 | Oldfield | 8 | 1:383 | 0.46% | 287 |
| 94 | Appleby | 8 | 1:383 | 0.93% | 573 |
| 94 | Midgley | 8 | 1:383 | 0.27% | 135 |
| 94 | Spink | 8 | 1:383 | 0.76% | 475 |
| 94 | Camp | 8 | 1:383 | 8.33% | 3,407 |
| 94 | Hayton | 8 | 1:383 | 2.17% | 1,259 |
| 94 | Forth | 8 | 1:383 | 2.88% | 1,604 |
| 94 | Swaby | 8 | 1:383 | 5.59% | 2,631 |
| 94 | Dixson | 8 | 1:383 | 22.22% | 6,368 |
| 94 | Bilbrough | 8 | 1:383 | 3.83% | 2,010 |
| 94 | Sowersby | 8 | 1:383 | 10.53% | 3,934 |
| 94 | Skinn | 8 | 1:383 | 11.76% | 4,221 |
| 94 | Fairweaher | 8 | 1:383 | 100.00% | 16,907 |
| 117 | Green | 7 | 1:437 | 0.08% | 26 |
| 117 | Scott | 7 | 1:437 | 0.10% | 47 |
| 117 | Anderson | 7 | 1:437 | 0.23% | 133 |
| 117 | Russell | 7 | 1:437 | 0.36% | 258 |
| 117 | Barnes | 7 | 1:437 | 0.30% | 202 |
| 117 | Booth | 7 | 1:437 | 0.09% | 32 |
| 117 | Curtis | 7 | 1:437 | 0.66% | 465 |
| 117 | Appleton | 7 | 1:437 | 0.87% | 608 |
| 117 | Jolly | 7 | 1:437 | 2.81% | 1,749 |
| 117 | Braithwaite | 7 | 1:437 | 0.58% | 425 |
| 117 | Snowden | 7 | 1:437 | 0.58% | 422 |
| 117 | Siddall | 7 | 1:437 | 0.91% | 638 |
| 117 | Stubbings | 7 | 1:437 | 13.21% | 4,932 |
| 117 | Fairburn | 7 | 1:437 | 1.59% | 1,094 |
| 117 | Waites | 7 | 1:437 | 2.37% | 1,528 |
| 117 | Campling | 7 | 1:437 | 14.29% | 5,204 |
| 117 | Longhorn | 7 | 1:437 | 3.33% | 2,001 |
| 117 | Summerson | 7 | 1:437 | 10.77% | 4,339 |
| 117 | Laister | 7 | 1:437 | 4.83% | 2,603 |
| 117 | Hollamer | 7 | 1:437 | 100.00% | 18,720 |
| 137 | Williams | 6 | 1:510 | 0.16% | 98 |
| 137 | Wood | 6 | 1:510 | 0.03% | 6 |
| 137 | Lee | 6 | 1:510 | 0.07% | 31 |
| 137 | Harvey | 6 | 1:510 | 0.60% | 497 |
| 137 | Pearson | 6 | 1:510 | 0.07% | 29 |
| 137 | West | 6 | 1:510 | 0.27% | 211 |
| 137 | Hudson | 6 | 1:510 | 0.08% | 44 |
| 137 | Carr | 6 | 1:510 | 0.14% | 89 |
| 137 | Briggs | 6 | 1:510 | 0.11% | 61 |
| 137 | Walsh | 6 | 1:510 | 0.29% | 224 |
| 137 | Peacock | 6 | 1:510 | 0.26% | 198 |
| 137 | Allison | 6 | 1:510 | 0.37% | 314 |
| 137 | Moody | 6 | 1:510 | 0.47% | 387 |
| 137 | Milner | 6 | 1:510 | 0.16% | 107 |
| 137 | Dickenson | 6 | 1:510 | 0.64% | 532 |
| 137 | Steward | 6 | 1:510 | 2.04% | 1,531 |
| 137 | Sugden | 6 | 1:510 | 0.23% | 163 |
| 137 | Usher | 6 | 1:510 | 1.45% | 1,142 |
| 137 | Swallow | 6 | 1:510 | 0.42% | 348 |
| 137 | Shephard | 6 | 1:510 | 1.58% | 1,224 |
| 137 | Pooley | 6 | 1:510 | 7.79% | 3,907 |
| 137 | Wrightson | 6 | 1:510 | 1.48% | 1,168 |
| 137 | Welford | 6 | 1:510 | 2.11% | 1,577 |
| 137 | Train | 6 | 1:510 | 3.00% | 2,074 |
| 137 | Cains | 6 | 1:510 | 17.14% | 6,480 |
| 137 | Haggard | 6 | 1:510 | 7.50% | 3,820 |
| 137 | Hesp | 6 | 1:510 | 2.74% | 1,935 |
| 137 | Silburn | 6 | 1:510 | 17.65% | 6,597 |
| 137 | Hagyard | 6 | 1:510 | 9.52% | 4,422 |
| 137 | Wreggitt | 6 | 1:510 | 85.71% | 18,720 |
| 137 | Javerley | 6 | 1:510 | 100.00% | 21,121 |
| 168 | Jones | 5 | 1:612 | 0.07% | 50 |
| 168 | Cooper | 5 | 1:612 | 0.07% | 42 |
| 168 | King | 5 | 1:612 | 0.14% | 106 |
| 168 | Parker | 5 | 1:612 | 0.07% | 39 |
| 168 | Powell | 5 | 1:612 | 0.26% | 254 |
| 168 | Webster | 5 | 1:612 | 0.08% | 55 |
| 168 | Burton | 5 | 1:612 | 0.15% | 120 |
| 168 | Riley | 5 | 1:612 | 0.11% | 79 |
| 168 | Lawson | 5 | 1:612 | 0.20% | 165 |
| 168 | Willis | 5 | 1:612 | 0.58% | 568 |
| 168 | Smart | 5 | 1:612 | 0.82% | 806 |
| 168 | Kirk | 5 | 1:612 | 0.23% | 213 |
| 168 | Leach | 5 | 1:612 | 0.29% | 295 |
| 168 | Haynes | 5 | 1:612 | 1.26% | 1,179 |
| 168 | Waite | 5 | 1:612 | 0.29% | 290 |
| 168 | Metcalf | 5 | 1:612 | 0.25% | 246 |
| 168 | Boulton | 5 | 1:612 | 1.11% | 1,072 |
| 168 | Shields | 5 | 1:612 | 0.88% | 867 |
| 168 | Skelton | 5 | 1:612 | 0.40% | 405 |
| 168 | Atkin | 5 | 1:612 | 0.57% | 557 |
| 168 | Jameson | 5 | 1:612 | 1.54% | 1,412 |
| 168 | Newsome | 5 | 1:612 | 0.30% | 303 |
| 168 | Tindall | 5 | 1:612 | 0.64% | 627 |
| 168 | Bowley | 5 | 1:612 | 7.69% | 4,339 |
| 168 | Durkin | 5 | 1:612 | 1.27% | 1,190 |
| 168 | Cullum | 5 | 1:612 | 29.41% | 10,286 |
| 168 | Gilson | 5 | 1:612 | 4.42% | 3,059 |
| 168 | Sissons | 5 | 1:612 | 1.00% | 978 |
| 168 | Wrigglesworth | 5 | 1:612 | 0.85% | 836 |
| 168 | Fawkes | 5 | 1:612 | 7.94% | 4,422 |
| 168 | Berriman | 5 | 1:612 | 2.91% | 2,299 |
| 168 | Hornsey | 5 | 1:612 | 2.19% | 1,880 |
| 168 | Wentworth | 5 | 1:612 | 4.63% | 3,162 |
| 168 | Bielby | 5 | 1:612 | 1.20% | 1,135 |
| 168 | Pocklington | 5 | 1:612 | 3.55% | 2,663 |
| 168 | Jebson | 5 | 1:612 | 3.03% | 2,353 |
| 168 | Armatage | 5 | 1:612 | 4.76% | 3,218 |
| 168 | Dorsey | 5 | 1:612 | 5.88% | 3,678 |
| 168 | Stancer | 5 | 1:612 | 8.33% | 4,566 |
| 168 | Gamwell | 5 | 1:612 | 10.00% | 5,135 |
| 168 | Cordukes | 5 | 1:612 | 7.04% | 4,108 |
| 168 | Tayleur | 5 | 1:612 | 83.33% | 21,121 |
| 168 | Wicksteed | 5 | 1:612 | 83.33% | 21,121 |
| 168 | Olkey | 5 | 1:612 | 100.00% | 24,127 |
| 168 | Shearsmill | 5 | 1:612 | 100.00% | 24,127 |