St James Churchyard in Birstwith, North Yorkshire

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Coordinates: 54.03076, -1.63678
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Birstwith is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is part of Nidderdale, and is situated on the River Nidd. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 756 increasing to 868 at the 2011 Census.

In 1856-7 Frederick Greenwood built St James's church, after overriding the opposition of Thomas Shan, vicar of Hampsthwaite. The church was designed by M. Rhode Hawkins. He was the son-in-law of Frederick Greenwood and architect to the Privy Council Office. He used a 13th - 14th century Gothic style with a tall slender spire. Stone for the building came from the Moss Quarry and finer stone for windows and carvings was obtained from a Greenwood property in Warsill. The church was consecrated on August 2nd 1857 by the Right Rev. Robert Bickerstaff, Bishop of Ripon, and dedicated to St James the Apostle.