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Burton Joyce

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"Burton Joyce, anciently called Burton Jorz, from a distinguised family of that name, who were owners till the reign of Henry VIII. It is a pleasant, well-built village on the Southwell Road, six miles north-east by east of Nottingham, sheltered on the north by a range of lofty hills, which bound the vale of the Trent. Its parish includes the small chapelry of Bulcote. Burton Joyce is mostly the property of the Earl of Chesterfield, but R.W. Padley Esq. and Thomas Wilson M.D. have estates here. It contains 690 inhabitants and upwards of 1,000 acres of land, enclosed in 1770, when allotments were made in lieu of the tithes. The Earl is also lord of the manor, impropriator, and patron of the vicarage, which is valued in the King's books at £4 19s 2d, now £145, and has 70 acres of glebe, exclusive of land at Lowdham, purchased with Queen Anne's Bounty. The Rev. John Rolleston M.A. is the incumbent."
[WHITE's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]

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Archives & Libraries

The parish had the Carnarvon Reading Room in the early 1900s. This is now part of the Notts County Library System:
Burton Joyce Library
Meadow Lane
Burton Joyce
NG14 5EX Tele: (+44) (0) 11593-13360

Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of the Burton Joyce Library on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2014.

David HALLAM-JONES also has a photograph of the Burton Joyce Library on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2013.

The Library at Nottingham will prove useful in your research.

The Library at Southwell is a good alternative.

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Cemeteries

  • The Burton Joyce Cemetery, opened for burials in 1879, following the closure of burials in the churchyard.
     
  • John from Notts has a photograph of the Church Lychgate on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2008.
     
  • John also has a photograph of the Whalebone arch in the graveyard on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2009.
     
  • The Cemetery is managed by the Parish Council.
     
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Census

  • The parish was in the Southwell sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1841H.O. 107 / 865
1851H.O. 107 / 2128 & 2134
1861R.G. 9 / 2445 & 2471
1871R.G. 10 / 3495
1891R.G. 12 / 2678
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Helen, built in the Early English style.
     
  • The church was founded during the reign of Edward the Confessor.
     
  • The church was restored in 1879.
     
  • The church seats 220.
     
  • The churchyard was closed to new burials in 1879, but older plots could be used to inter ashes.
     
  • The Anglican parish chapel in Bulcote was rebuilt in 1862, replacing an ancient Saxon place of worship.
     
  • John has an inside view of St. Helen's Church on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2009.
     
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1559 and has been kept in excellent condition.
     
  • The church was in the rural deanery of Gedling.
     
  • The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here in 1824 and replaced it in 1908.
     
  • Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Methodist Church on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2008.
     
  • The Congregationalists had a chapel built here in 1869.
     
  • Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the former Congregationalist Church in Lambley Lane on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2008. It is now the United Reformed Church.
     
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Civil Registration

  • The parish was in the Southwell sub-district of the Southwell Registration District.
     
  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
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Description & Travel

Burton Joyce is both a village and a parish on the River Trent, 135 miles north of London, about 5.5 miles north-east of Nottingham city and 9 miles south-west of Southwell. The parish covers 1,390 acres.

Bulcote is a small village and Chapelry often associated with this parish, although it was officially an extra-parochial area. It was also in a different Poorlaw Union (Southwell) and sat 1 mile north-east of Burton Joyce village.

If you are planning a visit:

  • By automobile, take the A612 arteria road north-east out of Nottingham city. After about 5 miles, the A612 bisects the village of Burton Joyce.
     
  • There is a train station at Burton Joyce, made considerably smaller in the 1960s. At last check, there was still passenger service from Nottingham or Newark-on-Trent.
     
You can see pictures of Burton Joyce which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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History

A flower and Poultry show was held on the first Monday in August.

The parish feast was held on the first Sunday after 11 October.

David LALLY has a photograph of the Wheatsheaf Inn on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2017.

David also has a photograph of the Cross Keys Pub. on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2017.

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Maps

  • See our Maps page for additional resources.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK648438 (Lat/Lon: 52.987627, -1.036167), Burton Joyce which are provided by:

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Military History

  • The War Memorial was erected in the village centre. It was dedicated on 22 September 1922.  It is the locus of the annual Remembrance Day celebration.
     
  • John has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2008.
     
  • Alan MURRAY-RUST also has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2008. The memorial is at the crossroads of Nottingham Road and Lambley Lane.
     
  • In December, 1908, Major Godfrey Trevelyan WILLIAMS of the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) retired and settled here. He can be found here in 1914 also. He wrote a book about the 11th Hussars, a unit which fought in the Crimean War, published in 1908.  The 11th Hussars were part of the Light Brigade Charge in October 1854.
     
  • The Parish of Burton Joyce with Bulcote gallantly did its part and share in World War I. Of 122 men, 15 made the Great Sacrifice having fallen in action or have died through wounds or disease.
     
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Military Records

There are the 16 names listed on the War MemoriaI for World War I:

  1. Edmund Reggie BLATHERWICK, pte. 25th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
  2. Alfred Henry BRYAN, pte. 1/1st Bn South Nottinghamshire Hussars
  3. George Islip COY, pte. 1/8th Bn Sherwood Foresters
  4. Francis Joseph FOSTER, pte. 15th Bn West Yorkshire Regt.
  5. George Robert HAMMOND, pte. 10th Bn Sherwood Foresters
  6. Frederick William HARDY, cprl. Royal Field Artillery
  7. Arthur HUCKNALL, pte. 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regt.
  8. John William HUCKNALL, srgt. 17th Bn Sherwood Foresters
  9. Richard Bernard HUCKNALL, pte. Army Service Corps
  10. George JACKSON, pte. 1/7th Bn West Riding Regt.
  11. Albert SHAW, gunner 270th Siege Bty Royal Garrison Artillery
  12. Ernest SHAW, pte. Labour Corps
  13. Henry William SHAW, pte. 2/6th Bn Sherwood Foresters
  14. Harold Edward SIMPKIN, cprl. 2/8th Bn Sherwood Foresters
  15. Charles Arthur STAPLETON, pte. 1/5th Bn South Staffs. Regt.
  16. Cyril Charles WYATT, pte. Middlesex Regt.
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Periodicals

Ask for copies of the Parish Magazine.

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Politics & Government

  • The place was an ancient parish in Nottingham county but it did not become a modern Civil Parish until December, 1866. At that time Bulcote was separated into its own Civil Parish.
     
  • The parish was in the southern division of the ancient Thurgaton Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
     
  • You may contact the local Burton Joyce Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to help with family history lookups.
     
  • In 1974, the parish joined the new Gedling Borough Council.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Nottingham petty session hearings.
     
  • The Common Land was enclosed here in 1770.
     
  • Around 1786, the parish built a poorhouse for the united parishes of Gedling, Burton Joyce and Shelford. It was taken down in 1839 except for a small portion converted into a cottage.
     
  • After the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the Basford Poor Law Union.
     
  • The Bulcote extra-parochial area became a part of the Southwell Poor Law Union.
     
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Population

 YearBurton JoyceBulcote
1801447148
1821508-
1841610-
185169083
1861698136
1881668111
190193193
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Schools

  • A National School was built here in 1868.