St Margaret's Church, Hawes

St Margaret's Church, Hawes

St Margaret's Church, Hawes
54°18′11.17″N 2°11′52.41″W / 54.3031028°N 2.1978917°W / 54.3031028; -2.1978917Coordinates: 54°18′11.17″N 2°11′52.41″W / 54.3031028°N 2.1978917°W / 54.3031028; -2.1978917
Location Hawes
Country England
Denomination Church of England
History
Dedication St Margaret of Antioch
Consecrated 31 October 1851
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II listed[1]
Architect(s) A B Higham
Construction cost £2,200
Administration
Parish Hawes
Deanery Wensley[2]
Archdeaconry Richmond and Craven
Diocese Leeds
Province York

St Margaret's Church, Hawes is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England[3]:184 in Hawes, North Yorkshire.

History

The church was built in 1851 to the designs of the architect A B Higham. It cost £2,200 (equivalent to £220,000 in 2015)[4] and was consecrated on 31 October 1851 by the Bishop of Ripon, Re. Revd. Charles Longley.[5]

The church replaced the village chapel of ease. A monument over the north door with a Latin inscription commemorating Reverend Charles Udal, (d. 1782), priest 1750 - 1781 predates the current building.

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with

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.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Church of Saint Margaret of Antioch (1166758)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Hawes: St Margaret, Hawes". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). The Buildings of England. Yorkshire: The North Riding. Yale University Press. ISBN 0140710299.
  4. ↑ UK Consumer Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", MeasuringWorth.com.
  5. ↑ "Consecration of the new church at Hawes". Leeds Intelligencer. England. 8 November 1851. Retrieved 31 December 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ "NPOR N02999". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
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