A brief History of All Saints

All Saints indicates a Saxon dedication, and foundations of the Saxon church are said to have been found under the present edifice. From early times it was a minster church with a team of clergy serving the surrounding villages.

After the North was wasted by William the Conqueror following a rebellion in 1069 the town's first stone church was built and the Domesday Book in 1086 records 'a church and a priest' at 'Poclinton'.

The Dean of York became an important figure at the church of Pocklington when he was handed an estate circa 1120 by a former lord of the manor who gave up his Pocklington lands and became Adelulf, confessor to Henry and first Bishop of Carlisle.