England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Pinvin St Nicholas

The Parish

Pinvin is a chapelry, licensed for marriages, within the wider parish of St Andrew, Pershore. Pinvin is located in south central Worcestershire about 2 miles northeast of the market town of Pershore. Pinvin is sited on the B4082 road which heads northwards from Pershore to meet the A422 at Upton Snodbury. Pinvin has grown significantly over recent times with modern developments rendering it almost contiguous with its mother town. At the time of this transcript Pinvin would have been a small rural community engaged largely in mixed agriculture. Pinvin is drained by a tributary of the River Avon, the Piddle Brook, the Avon heads southwestwards just a mile or two away, reaching the Severn and thence the Irish Sea through the Severn Estuary. Pinvin is sited at around 30 metres above the sea and sits in the broad shallow valley of the Avon local heights do not exceed 60 metres. Pinvin's area would have covered a size typical of a small Worcestershire parish, it covered just over 1,000 acres and would have supported a population of around 200 parishioners. There is no specific mention of Pinvin within Domesday Book.

The Church

St Nicholas' church sits on the eastern side of Pinvin accessed from the B4082 by the unfenced Church Lane running through arable fields. St Nicholas has very early origins, being essentially Norman in its basic design and structure. Of course over the centuries the building has been much altered. The nave is the most complete Norman piece albeit restored and extended in the 1880s. The southern doorway, whilst plain, is also Norman in style. The roughcast chancel shows windows of the Decorated period and many windows were also replaced in the 1880s but in a Perpendicular style. The church sits at the end of Church Lane in an open site accessed by a short driveway, there are no restrictions to photography within the churchyard.