St Pinnock
St Pinnock (Cornish: Sen Pynnek) is a hamlet and civil parish in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Liskeard. Other settlements in the parish include East Taphouse, and Penfrane, containing 421 inhabitants. The parish church, dedicated to St Pynnochus (Winnoc), is located at OS Grid Ref SX200630.
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Road junction for St Pinnock | |
St Pinnock Location within Cornwall | |
| Population | 676 United Kingdom Census 2011 including Connonu |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Liskeard |
| Postcode district | PL14 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
To the north, the parish is bordered by St Cleer and St Neot parishes, to the east by Dobwalls and Trewidland parish, to the south by Lanreath and Duloe parishes and to the west by Braddock parish. In 1851 the parish of Herodsfoot was created from parts of St Pinnock, Lanreath and Duloe parishes. The parish of St Pinnock has always been in the Liskeard Registration District. The A390 road runs through the north of the parish.
In the 1870s, St Pinnock was described as:
PINNOCK (St.), a parish in Cornwall; adjacent to the Cornwall railway, 3¼ miles ; and 1¼ S of Doublebois r. station. Post-town. Acres, 3, 487. Real property, £2, 464; of which £350 are in mines. Pop., 571. Houses, 104. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £285.* Patrons, A. Coryton, Esq., the Rev. E. J. Treffry, and the Rev. J. Rawlings. The church is very ancient, and has a tower. There are chapels for Bible Christians and Calvinistic Methodists, and a free school.