PINCHBECK, a parish in the wapentake of ELLOE,
parts of HOLLAND, county of LINCOLN, 2 miles (N.
by W.) from Spalding, containing 2099 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at
£40. 6. 5. The Rev. John Caparn was patron in 1821,
The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is principally in the
later style of English architecture. There is a place of
worship for Independents. Fourteen children are instructed
for a trifling rent-charge, bequeathed by James
Rawlett, aided by the gifts of other charitable persons,
whose names are unknown. In the garden of the
mansion-house, which is an ancient moated building,
was found, in 1742, a large commodus of brass; on the
reverse, a female sitting on a globe, the right hand
extended, and in the left a victory; several pipes of
baked earth were also met with in 1743.