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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pockley like this:
POCKLEY, a township-chapelry in Helmsley parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on a branch of the river Rye, 1½ mile N E of Helmsley, and 6 N by E of Gilling r. station. Post-town, Helmsley, under York. Acres, 2, 392. Real property, £1, 327. Pop., 199. Houses, 41. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Helmsley, in the diocese of York. The church is modern.
Pockley is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pockley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pockley, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13912
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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