Pickworth
St Andrew's parish church
Pickworth Location within Lincolnshire
Population	243 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	TF0433
• London	85 mi (137 km) S
District	South Kesteven
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Sleaford
Postcode district	NG34
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Grantham and Stamford
Website
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 52°53′23″N 0°27′16″W / 52.8898°N 0.4544°W / 52.8898; -0.4544

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.

History

Prince Charles visited the church on 23 November 1988, after visiting Boston.^[4]

References

Further reading

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

External links

• Media related to Pickworth, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons
• Rex Bourne's page on the village

This Lincolnshire location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e