{{short description|Hamlet in Alderholt, Dorset, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |coordinates = {{coord|50.920324|-1.883574|display=inline,title}} |official_name= Crendell |static_image_name = Crendell, Methodist Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 644443.jpg |static_image_caption = Methodist Chapel, Crendell | unitary_england= Dorset | lieutenancy_england= Dorset |region= South West England |constituency_westminster= North Dorset |post_town= FORDINGBRIDGE |postcode_district = SP6 |postcode_area= SP |dial_code= 01725 |os_grid_reference= SU082134 }} '''Crendell''' is a hamlet in the civil parish of Alderholt<ref>[http://www.stjamesalderholt.org.uk/history.htm History], St James Church, Alderholt</ref> in 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.<ref name="bbc">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-13575345 Crendell Church closes as Alderholt Chapel opens], BBC News, 27 May 2011</ref> Clay was once mined here for the local pottery industry in Alderholt.<ref>[http://www.alderholt.com/a_history_of_alderholt.htm A History of Alderholt]</ref> 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.<ref name="bbc"/>
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Category:Hamlets in Dorset
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