Dales United Reformed Church was built as Parkdale Congregational Church on Parkdale Road in Bakersfield

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in 1930.Nottingham Evening Post - Wednesday 20 May 1931

History

The church opened in 1930 as Parkdale Congregational Church. It was one of three planned in the 1920s and 1930s by the Nottinghamshire Congregational Churches Extension Committee, to serve new housing estates around Nottingham. The other two were Sherwood and Lenton Abbey. It was built to serve

Bakersfield, Nottingham Bakersfield is a small residential suburb of Nottingham east of the city centre. History Bakersfield was developed during the 1930s, with a mixture of private and council residential housing. A remarkable feature of the council housing (design ...

. In common with most Congregational churches in the 1970s, it joined the

United Reformed Church The United Reformed Church (URC) is a Protestant Christian church in the United Kingdom. As of 2022 it has approximately 40,000 members in 1,284 congregations with 334 stipendiary ministers. Origins and history The United Reformed Church resulte ...

. In 1986 the church joined with Albion Congregational Church and renamed itself Dales United Reformed Church.

References

{{reflist Churches completed in 1930 United Reformed churches in Nottingham Congregational churches in Nottingham 1930 establishments in England