United Reformed Church, Burton Joyce

United Reformed Church, Burton Joyce
A frontal view of the church
United Reformed Church, Burton Joyce
52°59′19.81″N1°02′28.34″W / 52.9888361°N 1.0412056°W / 52.9888361; -1.0412056
Location	Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire
Country	England
Denomination	United Reformed Church
History
Former name(s)	Congregationalist Church, Burton Joyce
Founded	1896
Founder(s)	Samuel Milne FRSA
Architecture
Completed	1896
Closed	2015

The United Reformed Church (formerly known as the village's Congregationalist Church) is a now redundant Christian church that operated under the United Reformed denomination in the small Nottinghamshire village of Burton Joyce. It was founded by a generous endowment made by local yarn and cotton tradesman Samuel Milne in 1896, and closed as a formal place of worship in 2015. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The church was founded as a Congregationalist Chapel in 1896 using money endowed by successful local tradesman Samuel Milne. ^[1] He had initially made his fortune from the wool and cotton industry, using both the villages of Bulcote and Burton Joyce's vast acreage of arable lands to graze sheep and grow cotton crop. ^[3] His success was eventually recognized on being granted membership of the Royal Society of Arts in 1873; where he is noted to have attended meetings with Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, who accepted his membership personally. ^[4]

References

Footnotes

1. Burton Joyce Local History Group (1978), p. 138
2. "Property for sale". Rightmove. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
3. Burton Joyce Local History Group (1978), p. 66
4. Royal Society of Arts (1873), p. 519

Bibliography

• Burton Joyce Local History Group (1978). Burton Joyce & Bulcote: studies in the history of two Trent Valley villages. OCLC   612326855.
• Royal Society of Arts (1873). Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Volume 21. London: George Bell & Sons. OCLC   49015527.