Steeple, Dorset

Steeple

Steeple parish church
Steeple

 Steeple shown within Dorset
Population 94 
OS grid reference SY910812
Parish Steeple
District Purbeck
Shire county Dorset
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WAREHAM
Postcode district BH20
Dialling code 01929
Police Dorset
Fire Dorset
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament South Dorset
List of places: UK • England • Dorset

Steeple is a hamlet in the Purbeck district of the English county of Dorset. It is situated some eight miles west of Swanage. The village has a population of 94 (As of 2001).

The ancient church of Steeple which, incidentally, lacks a steeple, has a coat of arms engraved in stone in the porch and another painted in scarlet of the roof interior that is precisely the same as George Washington's coat of arms, showing stars and stripes.

The Washington arms is quartered with those of the squires of Steeple village, the Lawrence family, who are allied with the Washingtons by the marriage of one of its sons, Edmund Lawrence, to Agnes de Wessington in 1390.

The flag of the US capital hangs proudly inside the church, presented on 25th July 1977 by Walter E Washington, Mayor of Washington DC from 2nd January 1975 - 2nd January 1979

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