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Gallery
Market Place Market Place
Note the new building in the photo on the corner.
Regent Street Regent Street
Note the 'Old Red Lion Hotel'
Chapmangate Chapmangate
Note the independent chapel built in 1807 to the left.
19th Century Crime in the newspapers
The following are taken from various newspaper reports in the nineteenth century.
Market Place Whipping in Pocklington
The Hull Packet, July 22nd 1800
Hull Packet 1809
James Wilson escapes from the Pocklington constable.
Hull Packet 26th December 1809
Meltonby Assault

Assault on Thomas Hodge at Meltonby.
From the London & Sporting Chronicle 19th December 1852

Amusing entry
An amusing entry from the Leeds Mercury of 28th February 1877