Pocklington (/ˈpɒklɪŋtən/[citation needed]) is a market town and civil parish at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...
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Peter Hugh Pocklington (born November 18, 1941) is a Canadian entrepreneur. Peter Pocklington was known among North American hockey fans as "Peter Puck"...
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Pocklington School is a private day and boarding school in Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1514 by John Dolman. The school...
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Goole and Pocklington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review...
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Look up Pocklington in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pocklington is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Henry Cabourn Pocklington (1870–1952)...
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Jeremy Mark Pocklington CB (born 13 October 1973) is a British civil servant who has served as Permanent Secretary of the Department for Energy Security...
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Dorothy Pocklington (born Dorothy Ann Butcher; 25 March 1934 – 3 October 2024) was a United States Army nurse. She was the first female member of the...
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The town of Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England has a recorded written history that goes back around 1,500 years, and archaeological...
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Henry Cabourn Pocklington FRS (28 January 1870, Exeter – 15 May 1952, Leeds) was an English physicist and mathematician. His primary profession was as...
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In mathematics, the Pocklington–Lehmer primality test is a primality test devised by Henry Cabourn Pocklington and Derrick Henry Lehmer. The test uses...
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Pocklington Beck is a watercourse that flows westwards from Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and empties into the River Derwent at East Cottingwith...
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Duncan Pocklington (18 June 1841 – 1 June 1870) was an English first-class cricketer and Anglican clergyman. The son of Roger Pocklington, he was born...
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Jim Pocklington (born 18 September 1963 in Romford) is a British racing driver who formerly (2007) drove a BMW 320I in the British Touring Car Championship...
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The Pocklington Canal is a broad canal which runs for 9.5 miles (15.3 km) through nine locks from the Canal Head near Pocklington in the East Riding of...
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John Pocklington (died 1642) was an English Laudian clergyman and polemicist. By order of the Long Parliament, two of his works were burned in public...
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Bowder Stone (section Mr. Pocklington)
visited and admired by many, such as William Sawrey Gilpin in 1772, Joseph Pocklington was the first to take practical steps to attract visitors, purchasing...
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John Pocklington (1658–1731) was an English lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1695 and 1713. He was...
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Royal Air Force Pocklington or more simply RAF Pocklington was an operational flying station of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, forming...
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All Saints’ Church, Pocklington is the Anglican parish church for the town of Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is also known locally...
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Pocklington railway station was a station on the York to Beverley Line that served the town of Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It opened...
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before joining the Chalkland Way and heading east into Pocklington. The town is home to Pocklington School that William Wilberforce attended from 1771 to...
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Peter Pocklington a full partner, then sold his shares to him the following year. The team's fortunes improved dramatically in 1978 when Pocklington acquired...
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Charles Chenevix Trench (redirect from Charles Pocklington Chenevix Trench)
Charles Pocklington Chenevix Trench (29 June 1914 – 26 November 2003) was a British Indian army officer, popular historian and writer. He was born in...
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Pocklington was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1974. The district surrounded but did not originally include Pocklington...
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Pocklington Reef is a coral reef and a mostly submerged atoll in the far southeast of Papua New Guinea. It is 162.4 km (100.9 mi) from the closest island...
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Bridlington Driffield Goole Hedon Hessle Hornsea Howden Market Weighton Pocklington Snaith and Cowick Withernsea This is a list of civil parishes in the...
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Pocklington Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire. The club runs three senior sides, a colts...
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Pocklington's algorithm is a technique for solving a congruence of the form x 2 ≡ a ( mod p ) , {\displaystyle x^{2}\equiv a{\pmod {p}},} where x and...
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Driscoll to Oilers owner Peter Pocklington, a former business partner. Although the announced price was $850,000, Pocklington paid $700,000. The money was...
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Roger Henry Pocklington Senhouse (18 November 1899 – 31 August 1970) was an English publisher and translator, and a peripheral member of the Bloomsbury...
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