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.
Ann Garth – Telephone 01775 640265