Cripplestyle
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Williams Memorial Chapel, Cripplestyle |
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Cripplestyle |
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OS grid reference | SU091123 |
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Civil parish | Alderholt |
District | East Dorset |
Shire county | Dorset |
Region | South West |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | FORDINGBRIDGE |
Postcode district | SP6 |
Dialling code | 01425 |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
EU Parliament | South West England |
UK Parliament | North Dorset |
Coordinates: 50°54′39″N 1°52′15″W / 50.9109°N 1.8707°W
Cripplestyle is a hamlet in the civil parish of Alderholt in the East Dorset district of Dorset, England. It lies close to the Dorset-Hampshire border. The nearest town is Verwood, which lies approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south.
Prior to 1894 Cripplestyle was in the parish of Cranborne.[1]
The Ebenezer Congregational Chapel was opened in Cripplestyle on 11 December 1807. Samuel Williams, from Penywaun in Brecon,[2] was the minister there for 40 years. A small rectangular cob-built thatched building, originally of 'clay, heather, wood and thatch', it was extended twice, but despite efforts to preserve it, it collapsed in October 1976. There is a stone memorial at the site now. The Williams Memorial Chapel was built in 1888, in memory of Williams, and to replace the Ebenezer Chapel as a place of regular worship.[3]
References
- ↑ Registration Parishes in Dorset
- ↑ Adrian King. "Samuel Williams (1808-82)" (PDF).|
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External links
Media related to Cripplestyle at Wikimedia Commons