| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 50.9109°N -1.8707°W |
| Official Name: | Cripplestyle |
| Static Image: | William Memorial Chapel, Cripplestyle, Dorset - geograph.org.uk - 87735.jpg |
| Static Image Width: | 250px |
| Static Image Caption: | Williams Memorial Chapel, Cripplestyle |
| Label Position: | left |
| Civil Parish: | Alderholt |
| Shire District: | East Dorset |
| Shire County: | Dorset |
| Region: | South West England |
| Constituency Westminster: | North Dorset |
| Post Town: | FORDINGBRIDGE |
| Postcode District: | SP6 |
| Postcode Area: | SP |
| Dial Code: | 01425 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SU091123 |
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 2miles 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]