WINTERBOURNE-STEEPLETON, a parish in
the hundred of UGGSCOMBE, Dorchester division of the
county of DORSET, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Dorchester,
containing 161 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
united with that of Winterbourne-Abbas, in the archdeaconry
of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the
king's books at £10. 4. 7. The church, dedicated to
St. Michael in 1401, is situated in the middle of the
parish; it is covered with lead, and has a tower surmounted
by a stone spire, which, and that at Iwerne-
Minster, are the only spires in the county.