St Margaret's Church is a
Grade II listed
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parish church in the
Church of England in
Hawes,
North Yorkshire.
History
Also known as Church of Saint Margaret of Antioch,
the church was built in 1851 to the designs of the architect A B Higham. It cost £2,200 () and was consecrated on 31 October 1851 by the
Bishop of Ripon,
Rt. Revd. Charles Longley.
The church replaced the nearby village
chapel of ease
A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church architecture, church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently.
Often a chapel of ea ...
that was built in 1480. A monument over the north door with a Latin inscription commemorating Reverend Charles Udal (d. 1782), priest 1750 - 1781, predates the current building. Furniture inside the church is from the 1930s.
Parish status
The church is in a joint parish with
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St Oswald's Church, Askrigg
St Oswald's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Askrigg, North Yorkshire.
History
The church dates largely from the 15th century, but there is some earlier work. It is of stone construction in the Perpendicular ...
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St Mary and St John's Church, Hardraw
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St Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk
St Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Stalling Busk, North Yorkshire.
History
The church was commissioned by the Rev Frederick Squibb in 1906, to replace the seventeenth-century Old ...
Organ
A pipe organ was built by T. Hopkins and Son. A specification of the organ can be found on the
National Pipe Organ Register.
References
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Church of England church buildings in North Yorkshire
Grade II listed churches in North Yorkshire
St Margaret's Church