STEEPLE, a parish in the hundred of HASILOR, Blandford (South) division of the county of DORSET, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Corfe-Castle, containing 233 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, united by act of parliament in the 8th of George I. to that of Tyneham, m the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £9. 15. 5., and in the patronage of W. Richards, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, has a plain but lofty tower. The hamlet of West Creech, in this parish, formerly belonged to the abbey of Bindon, and had the privileges of a market and fair, granted by Henry III.