PINNOCK (ST.), a parish in WEST hundred, county
of CORNWALL, 4 miles (W. S. W.) from Liskeard, containing
431 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter,
rated in the king's books at £ 17. 13. 6., and in the
patronage of the Rev. Joseph Pomeroy, Tilly Corington,
Esq., and Joseph Austen, Esq., alternately. A
stream, called Herod's Foot, runs through the parish,
and there is a lead mine of the same name. A school
is supported here by subscription amounting to about
£ 10 per annum.