Winterbourne Steepleton

Winterbourne Steepleton
Winterbourne Steepleton
Winterbourne Steepleton is located in Dorset
Winterbourne Steepleton
Winterbourne Steepleton
Location within Dorset
Population297 [1]
OS grid referenceSY628898
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDorchester
Postcode districtDT2
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
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Dorset
50°42′24″N 2°31′49″W / 50.70679°N 2.53029°W / 50.70679; -2.53029

Winterbourne Steepleton is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Dorchester, next to the village of Winterbourne Abbas. The name of the village derives from its site next to a seasonal winterbourne stream and from having a stone church steeple[2] - one of only three medieval stone spires in the county (the others being at Iwerne Minster and Trent).[3] In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 297.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Neighbourhood Statistics. Area: Winterbourne Steepleton (Parish). Key figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  2. ^ Dorset, Frank R. Heath, Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, Sixth Ed. (revised), 1922.
  3. ^ Roland Gant (1980). Dorset Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. p. 175. ISBN 0 7091 8135 3.