In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Steeple like this:
STEEPLE, a parish, with S. village and Stanesgate hamlet, in Maldon district, Essex; on the Blackwater estuary, 6 miles SE of Maldon r. station. It has fairs on Whit-Monday and the Wednesday after Michaelmas. Post town, Southminster, under Maldon. Acres, 3,434; of which 630 are water. Real property, £3,060. ...
Pop., 559. Houses, 114. Most of the property belongs to Bartholomew's hospital. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £165.* Patron, alternately Lord Fitzwalter and T. and F. Hunt, Esqs., and Miss Hunt. The church is plain; and there are an Independent chapel and a national school.
Steeple through time
Steeple is now part of Maldon district. Click here for graphs and data of how Maldon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Steeple itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Steeple, in Maldon and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6916
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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