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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Winterborne Steepleton like this:
WINTERBOURNE-STEEPLETON, a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset; 4 miles W by S of Dorchester r. station. Post town, Dorchester. Acres, 1,783. Real property, £1,560. Pop., 191. Houses, 35. The property is not much divided. The living is a rectory, annexed to W.-Abbas. The church is tolerable.
Winterborne Steepleton is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Winterborne Steepleton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Winterborne Steepleton in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14010
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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