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“STEEPLE, a parish in the hundred of Hasilor, county Dorset, 5½ miles S.W. of Wareham, its post town, and 3½ S.W. of Corfe Castle. The village is situated on the sea-coast, and is wholly agricultural. The parish includes the hamlet of West Creech, which once belonged to the Abbey of Bindon, and was a market town in Henry III.'s time. Creech Barrow is a hill of considerable height, supposed to be artificial. The living is a rectory with that of Tyneham annexed, in the diocese of Sarum, joint value £382. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an ancient structure. It is the burial-place of the Lawrence family. The Grange is the principal residence."
"WEST CREECH, a hamlet in the parish of Steeple, hundred of Hasilor, in the county of Dorset, 2 miles W. of Wareham. It was once a market town and belonged to Bindon Abbey.
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from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
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- Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for Steeple (St. Michael) on his Dorset Churches website
- A description of Steeple from the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 is available on the UK Genealogy Archives site
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"WEST CREECH, a hamlet in the parish of Steeple, hundred of Hasilor, in the county of Dorset, 2 miles W. of Wareham. It was once a market town and belonged to Bindon Abbey.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Steeple to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Steeple pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY911810 (Lat/Lon: 50.628599, -2.126906), Steeple which are provided by:
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- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
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