St James Church

Venue Type & Location

Church

Site Name: St James Church
Location: Poole
County: Dorset
Location Type: Town - in town at determined location

Overview

Church St and Thames St,Poole, approx 100 m N of Poole Quay.

Nothing is known about the earlier church

Performance History

Performance venue

Current Status

In use as parish church

History of the Venue

First mentioned in 1142 as chapel of St James

1819-20 totally demolished and rebuilt, on the site of the earlier church

Record Source

REED Dorset/Cornw, p 241

Bibliographic Sources

  • Cullingford, Cecil N. A History of Poole and Neighbourhood. Chichester: Phillimore, 1988.
  • Hutchins, John. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 1773. 4 vols. Westminster: J.B. Nichols & Sons, 1861–73.
  • Hutchins, John. The History of Poole. 1788
  • Page, William, ed. The Victoria History of the County of Dorset. Victoria History of the Counties of England. 2 vols. London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1908.
  • Perkins, Thomas. Memorials of Old Dorset. London: Bemrose & Sons, 1907.
  • Pitfield, F.P. Dorset Parish Churches. Sherborne: Dorset Publishing, 1981.
  • Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset. 5 vols. London: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, 1952.
  • Sydenham, John. The History of the Town and County of Poole. London: Whittaker & Co., 1839.