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Human settlement in England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Steeple is a village on the Dengie Peninsula in Essex, England. It is situated just east of Maylandsea and Mayland, on the southern side of the River Blackwater estuary.
Steeple | |
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St Lawrence and All Saints' Church, Steeple | |
Location within Essex | |
Population | 490 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | TL934029 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Southminster |
Postcode district | CM0 |
Dialling code | 01621 |
Police | Essex |
Fire | Essex |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
A hamlet, within the village of Steeple, on the banks of the River Blackwater is called Stansgate.
The original parish church of St Lawrence, located 600 yards (550 m) west of the present building,[2] was destroyed by fire.[citation needed] The current church was built in the centre of the village c. 1882–84 re-using some materials from the old church.[3][4]
On the west side of the village, there is a former chapel building of the Peculiar People, built in 1877.[5][6]
Stansgate Priory was a Cluniac Priory built near to the banks of the River Blackwater in about 1120. It was one of many priories closed by Thomas Cromwell in 1534.[7]
The village has been home to several generations of the Benn family, who were created Viscounts Stansgate in 1942, since about 1900. They live in Stansgate House.[7][8]
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