The Glen Group

Pinchbeck Angels

The Pinchbeck Angels are wooden sculptures attached to the hammerbeam brackets of the Nave roof. They were erected circa 1490 by Thomas de Pynchbecke. Each angel bears a shield emblazoned with a heraldic coat of arms belonging of a branch of the de Pynchbecke family.

St Marys Nave Roof showing Angels

                                WEST END

                   (Looking from the Bell Tower).

                SOUTH SIDE               NORTH SIDE

                Angel 1                       Angel 6

                Angel 2                       Angel 7

                Angel 3                       Angel 8

                Angel 4                       Angel 9

                Angel 5                       Angel 10


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