Thorneywood Congregational Church

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Thorneywood Congregational Church
Country England
Denomination Congregational
Architecture
Completed 1864
Closed 1968

Thorneywood Congregational Church was a former Congregational Church on Thorneywood Land in Nottingham. [1]

Nottingham City and unitary authority area in England

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, England, 128 miles (206 km) north of London, 45 miles (72 km) northeast of Birmingham and 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Manchester, in the East Midlands.

History

Thorneywood Congregational Church was founded as a daughter church of Castle Gate Congregational Centre in 1861.

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Its buildings were on Thorneywood Lane, the Carlton Road end of the modern Porchester Road in Nottingham. The new church building was opened in 1864. The church closed after the service on 18 February 1968, and has since been demolished.

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References

  1. The Congregational year book. Vol. 1933, p. 366