Cripplestyle

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.

Cripplestyle
Williams Memorial Chapel, Cripplestyle
Cripplestyle Location within Dorset
OS grid reference	SU091123
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
UK Parliament	North Dorset

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]

Ebenezer Chapel Memorial