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
Website
http://www.stjameschurchpoole.com/index.html
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
Patrons who owned this venue
[No data found.]
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. Poole: 1788
- Page, William, ed. The Victoria History of the County of Dorset. 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