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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Iwerne Stepleton like this:
IWERNE-STEEPLETON, or PRESTON, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; on the rivulet Iwerne, 271/2 miles E of Shillingstone r. station, and 3½ NW of Blandford-Forum. Post town, lwerne-Courtnay, under Blandford. Acres, 773. Real property, £773. Pop., 59. Houses, 9. Steepleton House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £81. Patron, Lord Rivers. The church is ancient.
Iwerne Stepleton is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Iwerne Stepleton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Iwerne Stepleton in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13676
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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