Cripplestyle
Cripplestyle | |
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![]() 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. 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]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Cripplestyle_Ebenezer_Chapel_Memorial_-_geograph.org.uk_-_408227.jpg/200px-Cripplestyle_Ebenezer_Chapel_Memorial_-_geograph.org.uk_-_408227.jpg)
References[]
- ^ Registration Parishes in Dorset
- ^ Adrian King. "Samuel Williams (1808-82)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011.|
- ^ [1]
External links[]
Media related to Cripplestyle at Wikimedia Commons
- Hamlets in Dorset
- Dorset geography stubs