St James' Church, Birstwith

St James' Church is the parish church of Birstwith, a village in North Yorkshire in England. The church was commissioned by John Frederick Greenwood, a local mill owner. It was designed by Rohde Hawkins and built between 1856 and 1857, in a late 13th-/early 14th-century Gothic style. A vestry and organ chamber were added in 1887. The church was Grade II listed in 1987. The church is built in gritstone with grey slate roofs. It consists of a nave, north and south aisles, a north porch, a chancel, a vestry and organ chamber, and a west steeple. The 100 foot steeple has a tower with three stages, diagonal buttresses, a band, bell openings with pointed arches and hood moulds, and a broach spire with one tier of lucarnes. Inside, there are pews probably dating from 1887, a chancel arch with carvings of grapes and wheat, and a reredos with figures in alabaster and glass mosaic. The organ was made by Binns, and the National Churches Trust states that the church has "some splendid stained glass".

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Birstwith

Birstwith is a village and civil parish in Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Nidd. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 756 and increased to 868 based on the 2011 Census. Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The name Birstwith derives from the Old Norse býjarstaðr meaning 'farmstead'. Birstwith Mill on Wreaks Road is run by Kerry Ingredients, a food products manufacturer. The River Nidd provided water for the mill, and although sluice gates and a mill race exist, the water wheel no longer turns—an existing weir provides the mill with a head of water. The mill race rejoins the river downstream. About 1 mile (1.6 km) upstream is a packhorse bridge. The local public house is the Station Hotel which acts as a meeting place, and venue for organised charity events such as the Birstwith Coast 2 Coast Cycle Challenge. The village has a store and post office, and a doctor's surgery which is part of a Nidderdale medical group. Sport facilities include a cricket pitch, tennis courts, and a snooker room. The village had a railway station on the NER line running between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge. The goods yard became Birstwith Grange, a housing development for commuters. The railway line continued along the Nidd Valley and was used in the construction of Scar House and Angram reservoirs. A village primary school and a Reading Room, built and donated by the owner of the local Swarcliffe Hall around 1880, still exist today. In the mid-1970s Swarcliffe Hall was sold and the contents auctioned, the building became a private prep school. Today Birstwith has a Church of England primary school, and a private school which occupy Swarcliffe Hall. St James' Church, Birstwith was completed in 1857 and is a grade II listed building. In 2017 Birstwith In Bloom was established. Birstwith won a Silver-gilt at the Yorkshire in Bloom awards, this was the first time the village had entered the competition.

Swarcliffe Hall

Swarcliffe Hall is a large hall that was constructed in 1800 in Birstwith, near Harrogate, England. The current house was built by John Greenwood in 1850, who engaged Major Rohde Hawkins as his architect, and is a Grade II listed building.

Birstwith railway station

Birstwith railway station served the village of Birstwith, North Yorkshire, England from 1862 to 1964 on the Nidd Valley Railway.

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Knox Mill

Knox Mill, also known as Hartwith Mill, is a historic building in Hartwith cum Winsley, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The watermill was constructed in the early 19th century, to spin flax. Lewis's 1848 Topographical Dictionary refers to it as 'an extensive thread-mill'. Later in the century, a house was added to the right of the mill. The mill was later converted to spin twine, and then in the 1920s it was used as a sawmill. It was later converted into housing. It was grade II listed in 1987, along with a kiln and outbuildings. The mill is built of gritstone, with roofs of grey slate and stone slate, shaped kneelers and gable coping. The main block has a three-storey two-bay mill house, and a taller three-storey three-bay mill to the left. On the right is a later projecting house, and on the left is a projecting mill building. The mill house has a blocked cart entrance with a window inserted, and the windows in all parts are sashes. At right angles on the left is a covered waterwheel, and on the left return is an external staircase. Much of the Victorian machinery survives, including drive shafts and gearing.