Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire

Pinchbeck
Water tower and bridge
Pinchbeck is located in Lincolnshire
Pinchbeck
Pinchbeck
Location within Lincolnshire
Population6,011 (2021)[1]
OS grid referenceTF240255
• London90 mi (140 km) S
Civil parish
  • Pinchbeck
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSPALDING
Postcode districtPE11
Dialling code01775
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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52°48′53″N 0°09′38″W / 52.8147°N 0.1605°W / 52.8147; -0.1605

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.

Signpost in Pinchbeck

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.

  1. ^ "Pinchbeck (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  3. ^ Stokes, H. G. (1948). "Legends and Words". English Place-Names. Edinburgh: B. T. Batsford Ltd. p. 63.
  4. ^ "Church Building". www.glengroup.org.uk. The Glen Group. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  5. ^ Thorold, Henry (1989). Lincolnshire Churches Revisited. p. 148.