Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
Coordinates: 52°48′53″N 0°09′38″W / 52.8147°N 0.1605°W
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 Water tower and bridge |
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 Pinchbeck
Pinchbeck shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 5,153 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | TF240255 |
| Civil parish | Pinchbeck |
| District | South Holland |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SPALDING |
| Postcode district | PE11 3 |
| Dialling code | 01775 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | South Holland and The Deepings |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Pinchbeck is a village near Spalding in Lincolnshire, England. The name Pinchbeck is derived from either the Old English pinc+bece (Minnow Stream) or pinca+bece (Finch Ridge).
Pinchbeck falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board.[2] The board maintains a fine museum at Pinchbeck Engine, which was built to drain Pinchbeck Marsh in the early 19th century.
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Primary schools
- Pinchbeck East C of E Primary School Pinchbeck East C of E Primary School
- Pinchbeck West St Bartholomew's C of E Primary School
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Spalding Flower Bulb Museum
Inspired by the memories of the people from the South Lincolnshire Fens, the Spalding Flower Bulb Museum was opened in 1995 to preserve the history of the industry for future generations. Having spanned more than 120 years the bulb industry has played a vital role in the local economy and been a source of employment for thousands of people. The 50-seat Gardeners' Theatre shows a 15-minute film presentation which, along with a series of storyboards and static exhibits, including two vintage tractors and a lifesize model of a Shire horse, together with reconstructed original buildings containing the actual equipment used, all help to recreate the history of an industry unique to the Spalding area. Other outdoor exhibits include a 1904 flower forcing glasshouse, a blacksmith's shop, a bulb grading shed and the original Spalding cattle market auction hall with its unique iron girder roof. The collection includes horse carts, ploughs, bulb graders, weighing scales, sack winders, a gravity fed boiler in a sunken boiler house and hovels full of equipment. Spalding Flower Bulb Museum is open from 10.00am to 4.00pm seven-days-a-week between April 1 and October 31, with winter opening by request.
St Mary's Church
The Anglican church in Pinchbeck is St. Mary's, which has stood on this location for over 1,000 years. St Mary’s Church is a fine Medieval building which is still prominent in the landscape. It has a wide and uncluttered nave based around mid-12th century arches, and topped with a very fine 15th century single hammer beam roof supported by large gilded angels, which carry the heraldic escutcheons of the Pinchbeck family. The chancel is a good example of the work of the Victorian restorer, Herbert Butterfield.
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