Pockley

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Pockley
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Pockley
Location within North Yorkshire
Population112 (2011 census) [1]
OS grid reference SE637860
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town YORK
Postcode district YO62
Police North Yorkshire
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Ambulance Yorkshire
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54°15′58″N1°01′19″W / 54.266°N 1.022°W / 54.266; -1.022
White Cottage at Pockley, rethatching almost complete in 2007 White Cottage at Pockley.jpg
White Cottage at Pockley, rethatching almost complete in 2007

Pockley is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is about 1 mile north-east of Helmsley turning north from the A170 road. Its short, winding lane passes six thatched cottages in a quarter mile before turning back toward the A170 and its junction at Beadlam and Nawton.

The Grade II-listed church of St John the Baptist was built in 1870 and designed by Sir Gilbert Scott or his son. [2] The chancel screen and other furnishings were provided by Temple Moore in 1898-99 and rood beam figures by Lang of Oberammergau. The church's very unusual heating system was based on the Roman Hypocaust. Warm air came through underfloor ducts from a coke-fired stove beneath the church. Originally the fuel for the stove was carried through a 25-foot brick-lined tunnel on a miniature railway which is still in existence but rarely used. The hot air heating system was restored in 2012 and for the first time in over 60 years the Church is now warm for services. [3]

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References

  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Pockley Parish (E04007617)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. Historic England. "Church of St John the Baptist (1149283)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. Church Times, 10 May 2013

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