St. Simon and St. Jude, Ulshaw Bridge,
DL8 4PU

The church of St. Simon and St. Jude was built for Simon Thomas Scrope of Danby Hall by Joseph Aloysius Hansom in 1868, with stained glass windows by Henry Hughes of Ward and Hughes, Frith Street, London. Nikolaus Pevsner describes the decorative elements as being a mixture of Quattrocento (favouring 15th century Italian architecture) and a French style. The church is approached through the graveyard between an avenue of yew trees and is surrounded by pleasant arable pastures.

The Scrope family financed and maintained the church until after World War II when it was handed over to the Diocese. Until 1978 it had its own resident priest in the Presbytery (Ulshaw House), was then combined with Leyburn, and is now served from Richmond.

To find St. Simon and St. Jude, turn left off the East Witton-Middleham Road at the Coverbridge Inn and turn right immediately after Ulshaw Bridge (over the River Ure). The church is immediately on the left alongside Ulshaw House. St Simon and St Jude is now used only occasionally for services.