Church Micro 3545…Burton Joyce Traditional Geocache
Church Micro 3545…Burton Joyce
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Part of the Church Micro series started by sadexploration in November 2007.
The stone laying ceremony for the building of the church took place on October 10th, 1907 and special cheap tickets were issued from Nottingham Midland Station for the afternoon train to the village to witness the laying of the stone. The workmen were present in their cloth caps and waistcoats. The onlookers, despite inclement weather, were in their best Edwardian clothes. The chapel was ready for its opening ceremony in June 1908 The gold keys to the church were presented to two ladies who then unlocked the doors and declared the church open. After the opening ceremony, a financial statement was given where it was announced that altogether a total of £1,479 19 shillings and 10 pence had been raised for the building of the church, leaving a total of £800 to be found. The next day the Nottingham Daily Express reported the opening at great length, describing the church as a "beautiful edifice" and commenting ton the great strides that had been made in building dissenting churches. "But it would be impossible to conceive a prettier building than this new Wesleyan Methodist Church which has been erected in the charming Nottinghamshire village" The Methodist Church was built in 1908 to replace the original Wesleyan Chapel on Willow Wong, dating from 1823. Meadow Lane follows the route taken by the old main road from Nottingham to Grimsby, and for many years was a private manorial toll road. The tollhouse and gate were removed when the Chapel was built. The church was built in the somewhat mannerist gothic style very typical of Methodist churches of the period (late 19th/early 20th centuries). .
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