Bolton St Methodist New Connexion, Bury
Bolton St,
Bury
Lancashire
Church History
It was founded in 1810. It is now closed, but we do not know the date of closure.It celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1860. It later moved to Heywood Street. (BT 17 Sep1960). A Kilhamite congregation.
The Methodist New Connexion was formed in 1797 when it seceeded from the Wesleyan Methodists. In 1907 the Methodist New Connexion merged with the United Methodist Free Church and the Bible Christians to form the United Methodist Church.
In 1932 the United Methodists joined with the Wesleyan Methodists and the Primitive Methodists to form the Methodist Church of Great Britain.
Maps
The church was located near OS grid reference SD801108. You can see this on maps provided by:- this church marked on a Google map. (Use this to report a corrected location)
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Help required
The information provided has been obtained from a number of sources and although every effort is made to avoid errors, just a few may be present. So if there are any please let us know. [Use the link at the bottom of this page].We do not currently have the following information, and if you can provide it then please do so:
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- We know the church has closed but do not know in which year this happened.
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- Has this church ever had a graveyard?