St. Mary's Church, Westwood is a parish church

Parish church

A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....

 in the Church of England

Church of England

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

 in Jacksdale

Jacksdale

Jacksdale is a small village in the English county of Nottinghamshire that lies approximately 100 metres from the Derbyshire border. It is, in fact, the most western place within the county boundaries. Neighbouring villages include Selston, Brinsley, Pye Hill and Ironville...

, Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

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History

The church was built in 1898 to serve the expanding mining villages. Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper

Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper

Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper KG, PC, DL , known as Viscount Fordwich from 1837 to 1856, was a British Liberal politician...

 provided the land and James Oakes provided funding. The church cost £2,000.

The church is built in Jacksdale

Jacksdale

Jacksdale is a small village in the English county of Nottinghamshire that lies approximately 100 metres from the Derbyshire border. It is, in fact, the most western place within the county boundaries. Neighbouring villages include Selston, Brinsley, Pye Hill and Ironville...

but takes the name from the village of Westwood where services were held at the village school for 30 years before the church was built.