Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire

Description
Burton-Joyce, a village and a parish in Notts. The village stands on the river Trent, adjacent to the M.R., 5 miles NE by E of Nottingham, and has a station on the railway, and a post and money order office under Nottingham; telegraph office, Carlton. Acreage of the civil parish, 1388; population, 877; of the ecclesiastical, with Bulcote, 978. The Earl of Carnarvon is lord of the manor. A number of the inhabitants are stocking-makers. The living is a discharged vicarage, united with the perpetual curacy of Bulcote, in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £210 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Carnarvon. The church is ancient but good, has a tower and spire, and contains a number of monuments. It was restored in 1879 by the Earl of Carnarvon. There are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels and a cemetery.