| Cripplestyle | |
|---|---|
 Williams Memorial Chapel, Cripplestyle | |
  Cripplestyle Location within Dorset | |
| OS grid reference | SU091123 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FORDINGBRIDGE |
| Postcode district | SP6 |
| Dialling code | 01425 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Cripplestyle is a hamlet in the civil parish of Alderholt in the county 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. William Bailey became the first pastor in December 1808. He died in August 1838.[2] Samuel Williams, from Penywaun in Brecon,[3] was the minister there for 40 years. He died in 1882. 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.[4] 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.[5]
References
- ↑ Registration Parishes in Dorset
- ↑ Densham & Ogle (1899). The Story of the Congregational Churches of Dorset from their Foundation to the Present Time. Bournemouth: W. Mate & Sons Limited. p. 109.
- ↑ Adrian King. "Samuel Williams (1808-82)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011.|
- ↑ Stuart Buchan (2007). "Cripplestyle Ebenezer Chapel Memorial". Geograph. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY-SA 2.0 license. - ↑ "Hamlet marks 200th anniversary of chapel".
External links
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