St Pinnock#St Pinnock Viaduct

The parish population at the 2001 census was 621; at the 2011 census it had increased to 673.{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/StPinnock/index.html#Population|title=Parish population census 2011|accessdate=9 February 2015}} According to the 2011 Census there were 315 males and 361 females living in the parish.{{Cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128908&c=pinnock&d=16&e=62&g=6409220&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1486039821212&enc=1|title= (Parish): Key figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics|last=|first=|date=|website=Neighbourhood Statistics|publisher=Office for national statistics|access-date=2 February 2017}} The following graph shows the changes between 1880 and 2001, the graph shows that there was a gradual decrease in the population of St Pinnock between 1850 and 1950, however, after 1950 there was a steep increase in the population of St Pinnock. File:St Pinnock.jpg

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The 1881 occupational structure of St Pinnock, according to statistics gathered from Vision of Britain,{{Cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10179786/theme/IND|title=St Pinnock CP/AP — Current theme: Industry|access-date=3 April 2017}} shows that agriculture was the largest occupation taken up by men, followed by work in mineral substances (there was a lead and silver mine called Herod's Foot). The majority of women in 1881 worked in domestic services or offices.

On 1 February 1837 the Liskeard Union for Poor Law and administration and parish relief was formed which included the parish of St Pinnock.{{Cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/StPinnock/|title=GENUKI: St Pinnock Cornwall|access-date=2 May 2017}}

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The Church of England parish church of St Pynnochus (Winnoc), is a Grade I listed building{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/1980343|title=Church of St Pynnochus, St. Pinnock - Cornwall|access-date=22 March 2017}} but closed for worship in 2017. The parish church lies on the edge of the hamlet of St Pinnock, where there are two Methodist chapels: Connon Chapel and Trevelmond Chapel, located within the parish. The parish has a Church of England Primary School and a Community Hall, both at East Taphouse.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpinnockparishcouncil.org.uk/|title=St Pinnock Parish Council|access-date=22 March 2017}}

The medieval church building was cruciform but the present structure is mainly of the 14th century; it was over-restored in Victorian times. The rectory was attached to the manor of Penvrane before 1226.The Cornish Church Guide. Truro: Blackford; p. 185 The church was reopened on 18 April 1882 following a rebuild of the south chapel which serves as a vestry. The nave roof was restored and seats of pitchpine installed in the nave and aisle.{{cite news |title=St Pinnock Church |work=The Cornishman |issue=187 |date=20 April 1882 |volume=197 |page=4}} A chapel of All Saints is mentioned in 1437. Bosent Cross is a fine 14th-century cross; the cross in the rectory garden came from Towednack.Cornish Church Guide; p, 185

The church was described on the Heritage at Risk Register as a:

Small parish church. Norman cruciform origins with C15 north aisle and nave rebuilds, the tower of C14, C16 south porch. Coursed rubble with granite dressings. Cornish slated roofs with some slates slipped. Damp tower with much vegetation growth and problem downpipe on the north side.{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/16857|title=Church of St Pynnochus, St. Pinnock - Cornwall (UA)|access-date=10 January 2019}}

The parish church has closed and, in 2019, is available for sale.{{cite news |last1=Aston |first1=Daniel |title=You can own a 14th century former church complete with bell tower |url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/property/you-can-14th-century-former-2384698 |accessdate=10 January 2019 |date=3 January 2019}} It has been on the Heritage at Risk Register.{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/16857|title=Church of St Pynnochus, St. Pinnock - Cornwall (UA)|access-date=10 January 2019}}

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The railway line through the parish was constructed by the Cornwall Railway company.. The line runs between Plymouth and Truro. The railway opened in 1859 and was extended to Falmouth in 1863.

The St Pinnock railway Viaduct, was built in 1854-5 by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and heightened in 1882. It consists of seven piers of roughly dressed, coursed slatestone from Westwood quarry. It stands at approximately 60 foot with each pier consisting of eight buttresses with weatherings rising to form five stages with pointed openings piercing the 4 upper stages. Batter of about 1 in 100. In 1882 the piers were heightened with a slightly cruder, tapering, sixth stage and iron girders were used to replace Brunel's timber trestles. The two-track railroad of 1882 and later carried on rivetted plate steel girders with steel guardrails and refuges to the north side. It is considered the tallest viaduct on the railway in Cornwall, at 633 feet in length and 151 feet in height.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/St._Pinnock_Viaduct|title=St. Pinnock Viaduct|access-date=23 March 2017}}{{NHLE|num=1137633|desc=ST PINNOCK VIADUCT|accessdate=23 March 2017}}

The line was singled over the viaduct on 24 May 1964 to reduce the load on the structure. Beneath the viaduct is the Trago Mills out-of-town shopping complex.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/St._Pinnock_Viaduct|title=St. Pinnock Viaduct|access-date=23 March 2017}}

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