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St Margaret's Church, Hawes
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St Margaret's Church, Hawes
54°18′11.17″N 2°11′52.41″W / 54.3031028°N 2.1978917°W / 54.3031028; -2.1978917
OS grid reference SD 87259 89758
Location Hawes
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Website https://upperwensleydalechurch.org/st-margarets/
History
Dedication St Margaret of Antioch
Consecrated 31 October 1851
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II listed
Architect(s) A B Higham
Construction cost £2,200
Administration
Parish Hawes
Deanery Wensley
Archdeaconry Richmond and Craven
Episcopal area Ripon
Diocese Leeds
Province York

St Margaret's Church is a Grade II listed 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 (equivalent to £190,000 in 2021) and was consecrated on 31 October 1851 by the Bishop of Ripon, Rt. Revd. Charles Longley.

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Interior of St. Margaret's

The church replaced the nearby village chapel of ease 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

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One of the stained glass windows

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.

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