| Pinchbeck | |
|---|---|
 Water tower and bridge | |
  Pinchbeck Location within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 6,011 (2021)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TF240255 |
| • London | 90 mi (140 km) S |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SPALDING |
| Postcode district | PE11 |
| Dialling code | 01775 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Pinchbeck is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. The civil parish population was 5,153 at the 2001 census, 5,455 at the 2011 census[2] and 6,011 at the 2021 census. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) north from the centre of Spalding.
The name Pinchbeck is derived from either the Old English pinc+bece (Minnow Stream) or pinca+bece (Finch Ridge).[citation needed] A family long associated with the area took its name from the village, one member of which was Christopher Pinchbeck, a watchmaker responsible for the invention of the Pinchbeck alloy, which was once used for imitating gold in cheap jewellery.[3]
The Anglican village church is dedicated to Saint Mary, and is around 900 years old.[4] It has a wide nave with mid-12th-century arches, and a 15th-century single hammer-beam roof supported by large gilded angels carrying the heraldic escutcheons of the Pinchbeck family. The chancel is by restorer Herbert Butterfield.[5]
Village schools are Pinchbeck East C of E School Primary School and Pinchbeck West St Bartholomew's C of E Primary School.
- ^ "Pinchbeck (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ Stokes, H. G. (1948). "Legends and Words". English Place-Names. Edinburgh: B. T. Batsford Ltd. p. 63.
- ^ "Church Building". www.glengroup.org.uk. The Glen Group. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ Thorold, Henry (1989). Lincolnshire Churches Revisited. p. 148.