Steeple
Major Settlement in the Parish of Steeple
Historical Forms
- Stiple 1086 DB 1464 Pat
- Stypele 1285 FA
- Stipille in Purbyke 1439 ADVI
- Stipull 1464 Weld1
- Styple 1554 Mansel
- Stuple, Stupel(l)(e) 1204 ClR 1212 Fees 1268 Ass 1275 RH 1509 BrEll
- Stuple in Purbik 1399 AddCh
- Stupull 1428 FA 1512 ADIV
- Stepel, Steple 1222 Pat 1262 Ipm 1263 Cl 1278 QW c.1586 Tres
- Stepul(l)(e) 1348 MinAcct 1384 DCMDeed 1385 Cl
- Stepyll in Purbyke c.1500 RoyRoll
- Steeple 1614 Mansel
- Steepple 1640 DCMDeed
Etymology
'Steep place', v. stēpel (WSax stīepel, stȳpel ), named from 'its situation under a steep hill' (Hutch3 1596), cf. Steepleton Iwerne and Winterborne Steepleton pars, infra , Isle of Purbeck supra . The spellings in -ille , -ull (e ) may suggest that the name was popularly interpreted as 'steep hill' from stēap and hyll .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Alder Moor
- Blackmanston Withy Bed
- Kimmeridge Coppice, Kimmeridge Down
- Lower Grounds
- Nathan's Coppice
- Nattys
- New Hall
- Nigel's Plant.
- North Hills Plant.
- Oak Ctgs
- Old Bond St.
- Orchard Ctgs
- Pole Coppice
- Pomfrey's Plant.
- Raymond's Firs
- Rookery (Ctgs)
- St John's Church
- St Michael's Church
- Shepherd's Ctg
- Smedmore Hill
- Steeple Leaze Fm, Steeple Leaze Wd
- Hr Stonehips, Lr Stonehips
- Washing Ledge
- Whitehall
- Hr Withy Bed, Lr Withy Bed, N Withy Bed
- Ash Coppice
- Bottom Coppice
- Broadmoor Fm
- Carrot Bank
- Claud's Firs
- Clay Pits
- West Creech Fm, West Creech Hill
- Dairy Ctgs
- Devil's Staircase
- Dodgy Cl
- Drinking Barrow
- The Flats
- Gough's Shoot
- Grange Arch
- Grange Gate, Grange Heath, Grange Hill
- Great Plant., Great Wd
- Grey's Coppice
- Hasler
- Hollow Ditch
- Horse Coppice
- Hurpston Coppice
- Hurst Mill
- Ivo's Plant.
- Keeper's Lodge
- Kenneth's Plant.
- Louisa's Firs
- Taylor's Ctg
- Alder Bed
- The Belt
- Bridewell, Bridewell Plantations
- Little Wd
- Mare Pond
- Beach Coppice
- Breach Plant.
- King's Standing
- Lutton Gwyle, Lutton Withy Bed
- Thornhill's Coppice