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St Jude's Church, Hartwith

St Jude's Church is an Anglican church in Hartwith cum Winsley, a village in North Yorkshire, England. The church was built in 1751 as a chapel of ease to St Andrew's Church, Kirkby Malzeard, saving local inhabitants the 12-mile journey to their then parish church. It was extended to the east in 1830, with a vestry and sexton's room also added. The church was given its own parish in 1861. In 1878, the interior was refurbished, a chancel arch was inserted, and a porch and bellcote were added. It was dedicated to Saint Jude in 1891 at the request of former parishioners who had emigrated to Australia and attended St Jude's Church, Carlton in Melbourne. The building was designated a Grade II listed structure in 1987.

The church is built of gritstone with a stone slate roof and consists of a nave, a south porch, and a chancel. On the west gable is a gabled bellcote, and the windows have pointed heads, with those in the porch and chancel featuring hood moulds. It is part of the Church of England Parish of Dacre with Hartwith and Darley with Thornthwaite, serving a scattered rural community near Brimham Rocks. The congregation is predominantly adult, typically numbering between 10 and 20 on a Sunday morning, following a traditional pattern of worship based around two monthly services of Holy Communion.

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