Steeple Dorset Family History Guide

Steeple is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Other places in the parish include: Creech Grange and West Creech.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1548
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731

Nonconformists include: Society of Friends/Quaker and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STEEPLE, a parish, with S. village and West Creech hamlet, in Wareham district, Dorset; near the coast, 5 miles S by W of Wareham r. station. Post town, Wareham. Acres, 3,362. Rated property, £1,498. Pop., 262. Houses, 63. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with Tyneham, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £382. Patron, the Rev. N. Bond. The church is good.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Dorset, Steeple – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Steeple, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Dorset, Steeple – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Steeple., 1731-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Steeple (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Steeple, 1548-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Steeple (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

Administration

  • County: Dorset
  • Civil Registration District: Wareham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Dorchester
  • Poor Law Union: Wareham and Purbeck
  • Hundred: Hasilor
  • Province: Canterbury