Heywood Street Methodist New Connexion, Bury
Heywood Street,
Bury
Lancashire
Cemeteries
The church does not have a graveyard.Church History
It was founded in 1875 and closed in 1966.It was the successor church to Bolton Street New Connexion. (BT 17 Sep 1960). The church was built in 1875 (Randle) opened 12 Feb 1879 (Newspaper Cuttings I 97; Crompton, 1896; BT 23 May 1929 p. 13) and closed in 1968 (BT 22 May 1968). The last service was 3 Apr 1966. Now demolished. (Press Cuttings A 97.7).
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.
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