Steeple, Essex
Steeple | |
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![]() St Lawrence and All Saints' Church, Steeple | |
![]() ![]() Steeple Location within Essex | |
Population | 490 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | TL934029 |
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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 | |
Steeple is a small village on the Dengie peninsula in Essex. It is situated just east of Maylandsea and Mayland, on the southern side of the River Blackwater estuary. A hamlet, within the village of Steeple, on the banks of the River Blackwater is called Stansgate.
Steeple Church[]
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]
Stansgate Priory[]
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.[5]
Viscounts Stansgate[]
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.[5][6]
References[]
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- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ "Steeple". An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume 4, South east. London. 1923. pp. 151–152. Retrieved 30 June 2021 – via British History Online.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Lawrence and All Saints (1237575)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ Kelly's Directory of Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex. London. 1890. p. 330. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Stansgate Priory". Essex Family History. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ Will Watkinson (21 March 2014). "One last journey for Tony Benn? Labour MP's wish to be buried in Essex". Maldon Chronicle. Essex Chronicle. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
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