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St James Church

Venue Type & Location

Church

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