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A steeple is a tall tower on a building, often topped by a spire.
Steeple may also refer to:
Types of steeple
edit- Comtois steeple, a church bell tower with Imperial dome, typical of Franche-Comté, France
- Crown steeple, a form of church steeple in which curved stone flying buttresses form the open shape of a rounded crown
- Trinitarian steeple, a 3-point steeple typical of the province of Soule of Basque Country in France
Places
editPlacenames consisting of "Steeple"
edit- Steeple, County Antrim, a townland in Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Steeple, Dorset, a hamlet in south Dorset, England
- Steeple, Essex, a very small village in south Essex, England
- Steeple (Lake District), a fell in the Lake District, England
- The Steeple, a rocky ridge forming the northwest arm of Mount Carroll, Antarctica
- The Steeple (Lochgoilhead), a small mountain near the village of Lochgoilhead, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, Scotland
Placenames containing "Steeple"
edit- Ainderby Steeple, a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England
- Falkirk Steeple, a landmark which dominates the skyline of Falkirk, central Scotland
- Gwern-y-Steeple, a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
- Steeple Ashton, a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England
- Steeple Aston, a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England
- Steeple Barton, a civil parish and scattered settlement on the River Dorn in West Oxfordshire, England
- Steeple Bumpstead, a village and civil parish near Haverhill, in Braintree district, Essex
- Steeple Church, the western part of the historic "City Churches" building in Dundee, Scotland
- Steeple Claydon, a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England
- Steeple Gidding, a hamlet near the village of Hamerton, Cambridgeshire, England
- St Andrew's Church, Steeple Gidding, a redundant but preserved Anglican church
- Steeple Jason Island, a small island in the Falkland Islands
- Steeple Langford, a village and civil parish on the River Wylye in Wiltshire, England
- Steeple Langford Down, a Site of Special Scientific Interest
- Steeple Morden, a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England
- RAF Steeple Morden, a former Royal Air Force station
- Steeple Peaks, a group of five summits in Antarctica
- Steeple Point, a low ice-covered point on the west coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica
- Steeple Point to Marsland Mouth, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall, England
- Steeple Rock, the largest rock of Barrett Reef by the entrance to Wellington Harbour, New Zealand
- Steeple View, an area of Basildon, Essex, England
- Sturton le Steeple, a village in Nottinghamshire, England
- St Peter and St Paul's Church, Sturton-le-Steeple, a Grade II* listed Anglican parish church
People
editSteeples is a surname of English origin. People with that surname include:
- Albert Steeples (1870–1945), English cricketer
- Dick Steeples, (1873–1946), English cricketer
- Eddie Steeples (born 1973), American actor
- John Steeples (1959–2019), English footballer
- Robert Steeples (born 1989), American football player and coach
Other uses
edit- STEEPLE, an extended form of PEST analysis (business environment analysis)
- Steeple compound engine, a form of tandem compound steam engine whose name derives from its great height
- Steeple Grange Light Railway, a heritage railway at Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England
- Steeple sign, a radiologic sign found on a frontal neck radiograph, often diagnostic of croup
- Steeple, a 2010 album by British psychedelic rock band Wolf People
See also
edit- Haystacks and Steeples, a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger
- How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A. Cup, a 1975 novel by J. L. Carr
- Neon Steeple, the 2014 debut studio album by Christian musician Crowder
- North Adams SteepleCats, a collegiate summer baseball team based in North Adams, Massachusetts
- Silent Steeples, a 1996 album by American indie/roots folk band Dispatch
- Steeplechase (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles containing Steeple