Winterbourne Steepleton Dorset Family History Guide

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Winterbourne Steepleton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Alternative names: Steepleton, Winterborne Steepleton

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731

Nonconformists include: Presbyterian

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WINTERBOURNE-STEEPLETON, a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset; 4 miles W by S of Dorchester r. station. Post town, Dorchester. Acres, 1,783. Real property, £1,560. Pop., 191. Houses, 35. The property is not much divided. The living is a rectory, annexed to W.-Abbas. The church is tolerable.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Dorset, Winterbourne-Steepleton – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Winterbourne-Steepleton., 1731-1846
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winterbourne-Steepleton (Dorsetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1727-1921
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winterbourne-Steepleton (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Winterbourne-Steepleton, 1559-1992
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winterbourne-Steepleton (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, Winterbourne-Steepleton – History ( 1 )
Spotlight on Winterbourne Steepleton
Author: Nineham, Alan

Administration

  • County: Dorset
  • Civil Registration District: Dorchester
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Bridport
  • Poor Law Union: Dorchester
  • Hundred: Uggscombe
  • Province: Canterbury