Editing Pinvin

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| coordinates              = {{coord|52.13844|-2.067146|display=inline,title}}
| official_name            = Pinvin
| population               = 
| static_image_name        = Crossroads at Pinvin - geograph.org.uk - 1062034.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Crossroads at Pinvin
| shire_district           = [[Wychavon]]
| shire_county             = [[Worcestershire]]
| region                   = West Midlands
| civil_parish             = 
| constituency_westminster = 
| postcode_district        = WR10
| postcode_area            = WR
| post_town                = PERSHORE
| dial_code                = 
| os_grid_reference        = SO955489
| london_distance          = 
}}
'''Pinvin''' is a village in [[Worcestershire]], [[England]], a little to the north of [[Pershore]], about {{convert|7+1/2|mi|km}} south-east of [[Worcester, England|Worcester]], and about {{convert|6|mi|km}} north-west of [[Evesham]]<ref>[http://www.pinvin.org.uk/ Pinvin Parish Council’s Web Site] accessed 2011-02-24.</ref> and lies on the crossroads of the A44, A4104 and B4082. It is also the location of [[Pershore railway station]]. The village has a church and a pub. It also has a first school (rated Good by [[Ofsted]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ofsted School Reports |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/144260 |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk}}</ref>) and a middle school (rated Requires Improvement by [[Ofsted]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ofsted School Reports |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/144257 |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk}}</ref>); pre-school activities take place in the village hall.

The name is thought to come from 'Penda's fen' after the Mercian [[Penda of Mercia|King Penda]], who was probably born in the nearby [[Cotswolds]].<ref>Martin Wall, [https://books.google.com/books?id=AuViCgAAQBAJ&dq=Penda+Pinvin&pg=PP42 ''The Anglo-Saxon Age''], Stroud GL5 4EP, 2015]</ref> [[David Rudkin]]'s TV play ''[[Penda's Fen]]'' (1974) was set here and also references this fact.

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.pinvin.org.uk/ Pinvin Parish Council]

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[[Category:Villages in Worcestershire]]


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