Crendell

Crendell
Crendell
	Methodist Chapel, Crendell
	Crendell Location within Dorset
OS grid reference	SU082134
District	East Dorset;
Shire county	Dorset;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FORDINGBRIDGE
Postcode district	SP6
Dialling code	01725
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Dorset;
	List of places UK England Dorset 50°55′13″N 1°53′01″W / 50.920324°N 1.883574°W

Crendell is a hamlet in the civil parish of Alderholt^[1] in the East Dorset district of Dorset, England. The hamlet is close to the Dorset-Hampshire border. Its nearest town is Verwood, which lies approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) south from the hamlet.

Crendell has about ten houses.^[2] Clay was once mined here for the local pottery industry in Alderholt.^[3] Crendell also has a Methodist chapel, which lies on the Hampshire side of the county border. The chapel, which was built in 1870, closed in 2011.^[2]

Notes

^ History, St James Church, Alderholt
^ ^a ^b Crendell Church closes as Alderholt Chapel opens, BBC News, 27 May 2011
^ A History of Alderholt

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[1] History, St James Church, Alderholt

[bbc-2] Crendell Church closes as Alderholt Chapel opens, BBC News, 27 May 2011

[3] A History of Alderholt

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