Pockley, North Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Pockley, a township in Helmsley parish, N.R. Yorkshire, on a branch of the river Rye, 2 miles NE of Helmsley, and 2¾ from Helmsley station on the N.E.R. Post town and money order office, Nawton; telegraph office, Helmsley. Acreage, 3440; population, 209. The Earl of Feversham is lord of the manor. The church is a chapel of ease to the parish. church of Helmsley. It has been rebuilt, and a turret for four bells and a chancel added, with Early English windows and arch inserted into the formerly somewhat barn-like structure. In olden times there was a chantry and a manor house-the chantry serving the people when unable to get to Helmsley when the river Riccall was in flood. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
| Civil parish | Helmsley | |
| Poor Law union | Helmsley | |
| Riding | North | |
| Wapentake | Ryedale |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Pockley from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Pockley are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following North Riding newspapers online: