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Pocklington developed through the Middle Ages while many similar places fell into dramatic decline. Pocklington owed much of its prosperity in the Middle Ages to the fact that it was a local centre for the trading of wool [10] and lay on the main road to York, an important national centre for the export of wool to the continent. Wool was ...
Peter Hugh Pocklington (born November 18, 1941) is a Canadian entrepreneur.. Peter Pocklington was known among North American hockey fans as "Peter Puck", an entrepreneur from oil-rich Alberta who was also the owner of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Edmonton Oilers.
Water from the beck was diverted south of Pocklington in 1818 to feed the Pocklington Canal. [17] When this canal fell into disuse, neither waterway was maintained which led to flooding on both waterways. [18] Flooding remains an issue on the beck, and in the 21st century the beck has flooded the town of Pocklington in 2007, 2012 and in 2015.
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Harding and his mother had an argument shortly before he went missing, which was around 6pm on 26 March 2020. Harding was struggling with the prospect of not being able to see his girlfriend, who lived 280 mi (450 km) away in Pocklington, Yorkshire, due to the country being put on lockdown for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In 1759 a Pocklington brewer called Timothy Overland received a piece of land on the York to Beverley road on the southern fringe of Pocklington and built the Pocklington New Inn. By 1778, the establishment was a prosperous Coach House at the height of the coaching era. The building is still in the same use today as the Pocklington Motel.