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Cripplestyle

Coordinates: 50°54′39″N 1°52′15″W / 50.9109°N 1.8707°W / 50.9109; -1.8707
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Cripplestyle
Williams Memorial Chapel, Cripplestyle
Cripplestyle is located in Dorset
Cripplestyle
Cripplestyle
Location within Dorset
OS grid referenceSU091123
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District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFORDINGBRIDGE
Postcode districtSP6
Dialling code01425
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
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Dorset
50°54′39″N 1°52′15″W / 50.9109°N 1.8707°W / 50.9109; -1.8707

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,[3] originally from Rhymney in Monmouthshire, 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]

Ebenezer Chapel Memorial

References

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  1. ^ Registration Parishes in Dorset
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Adrian King. "Samuel Williams (1808-82)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011.|
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Hamlet marks 200th anniversary of chapel".
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