Pickworth, Lincolnshire

Pickworth

St Andrew's parish church
Pickworth
Pickworth shown within Lincolnshire
Population 243 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference TF0433
• London 85 mi (137 km) S
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Sleaford
Postcode district NG34
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament
Website

Pickworth is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish including Braceby and Sapperton was 243 at the 2011 census.[1] It is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) both east from Grantham and south from Sleaford.

The 1086 Domesday Book lists Pickworth as having forty households and a church.[2]

The Church of England parish church of Saint Andrew is a Grade I listed building built of limestone and dating from the 12th century. The 14th-century rebuilding of the church is said to date from 1356, probably by the Pickworth family.[3] Over the chancel arch are 14th-century wall paintings dated to about 1380.

References

  1. ↑ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Pickworth". Domesday Map. Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Andrew, Church Lane (1253286)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 August 2011.

Further reading

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John (1964). Lincolnshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 618–619.


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