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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

St Michael's Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Steeple

Etymology

, cf. ecclesiam de Stepel 1280Ass , ' parish church of St Michael of Stypele ,alias Stypulle , and Cryche '1485 Hutch3 , 'the church of St Mychell in Steple 'l16 ib , v. Steeple, West Creech supra .