St Bartholomew, West Pinchbeck
The Parish Church of St Bartholomew, West Pinchbeck
Towards the middle of the nineteenth century it was
becoming obvious that the Parish of Pinchbeck was too large to be administered
effectively as a single unit. The matter
was of major concern to the then Vicar, the Reverend Canon West Wayet. In 1847 the well-known designer of ecclesiastical
establishments and friend of Canon Wayet, one Mr. William Butterfield, was
visiting the vicarage and agreed to accept the commission to build at West
Pinchbeck, a Church, Parsonage and School Room, all to be funded by Canon
Wayet. Two years later in 1850, on July
9th, Right Reverend John Kaye, Bishop of Lincoln, consecrated the
Church.
The Church cannot boast great architectural merit, to
many it is a Victorian church styled in modern Gothic, consisting of a chancel,
nave of four bays, north aisle, south porch, and a turret containing two
bells. The Rood Screen is much later,
being installed in 1917, as a War Memorial.
The great attractiveness of the Church is the setting in which it stands
with its ordered collection of trees which surround and intersperse the grounds
and under which grows a carpet of flowers in the Spring.
The times for Sunday Worship, other meetings and
events at St Bartholomew's Church are to be found on the Weekly Pew Sheet
The life of the parish
The informal choir meets to rehearse on Wednesday
evenings for special occasions through out the year.
There are many village activities, which include church
members, such as the Seniors Club who meet alternative Wednesdays in the
village hall, and the Church Ladies Club who meet on the 3rd Monday
evening of each month at 7.30pm also in the village hall.
The parish enjoys a close relationship with Pinchbeck
West Church of England School.
Web site:
www.pinchbeckwest.lincs.sch.uk
Email:
Geraldine.Houston@pinchbeckwest.lincs.sch.uk
Vicar: Vicar: The Rev’d Dr Murray A. Harvey
B.A. (Univ. Qld)., B.Th. (St Francis).
The Glen Vicarage, 19 Spalding Road, Pinchbeck,
Spalding, Lincolnshire PE11 3UD, United Kingdom
Ph. + 01775 725 698
Fx. +01775 725
698
Churchwardens Mr.
Jim Peach – Telephone 01775 640271
Mrs.
Wendy Houghton – Telephone 01775