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	St Cuthbert and St Oswald HG4 3NR Winksley United Kingdom
Denomination:	Anglican
Congregation:	Fountains (Anglican Diocese of Leeds, Archdeaconry of Richmond and Craven, Deanery of Ripon)
Geogr. Coordinates:	54.1365° N, 1.61515° W
Reference year:	1917
Architectural style:	Gothic Revival
Building type:	Pseudo-basilica
Description:	Pseudo-basilica with a high nave and low and narrow side aisles in the Gothic Revival (Perpendicular) style with a square west tower
Name derivation:	From the English saints Cuthbert and Oswald


Building material	Walls of white sandstone from nearby Cat Crag Quarry, roofed with Yorkshire stone slates, nave floor from Hopton Wood stone (Derbyshire), chancel and sanctuary floor from white Pentilicon marble; oak wood beams (carving by Robert Bridgeman, Lichfield); re-use of some stones from the 1502 church (already re-used in the church from 1822)
Bells	Four bells cast in 1915 by John Taylor & Co., Loughborough


Pulpit	From Italian marble by Messrs Farmer and Brindley, London
Font	From Italian marble by Messrs Farmer and Brindley, London, dedicated to the memory of Christopher, first Baron Furness
Organ	Built by Abbot and Smith, Leeds

History:

1266:	First written record of a chapel in Winksley
1504:	Chapel rebuilt and dedicated to St Cuthbert and St Oswald based on a permission given to the abbot of Fountains Abbey in 1502
1822:	Replacement of the chapel by a single-nave church with chancel at a cost of £ 650
1881:	Renewal of the flooring, redesign and renovation of the interior (further work in 1900)
12/11/1913:	Vestry meeting accepts an offer by Lady Jane Furness of Grantley Hall to pay for a new church in memory of her late husband, Christopher
May 1914:	Demolition of the old church and start of construction of the current church (architects Connon and Chorley, builders Messrs Armitage & Hodgson of Leeds)
15/05/1917:	Consecration by the Bishop of Ripon

Important persons:

Patron:

Oswald (of Northumbria) (c 604–642, king of Northumbria, promoter of Christianity in Northumbria)
Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (634–687, monk, prior of Lindisfarne 670–687, bishop from 685)

Sources

British Listed Buildings: Church of St Cuthbert and St Oswald – A Grade II Listed Building in Winksley, North Yorkshire, https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101150588-church-of-st-cuthbert-and-st-oswald-winksley, retrieved 04/09/2022

Crauford Murray, W. R., Brenda Bell: The Church of St. Cuthbert and St. Oswald Winksley – A Brief History and Description, The Churchwardens of St. Cuthbert and St. Oswald, Winksley

riponandleedsbells.org.uk: Winksley St Cuthbert and St Oswald SE 252713, http://www.riponandleedsbells.org.uk/winksley.htm, retrieved 04/09/2022