VILLAGE INDEX

Stansgate Priory
Only one wall remains of the Cluniac Priory built on the sea wall at a hamlet of Steeple called Stansgate in the 12th century. The Priory was closed by Cardinal Wolseley in 1525 by which time the Priory only had the Abbot and two monks.

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St Laurence Church

The original medieval parish church was to the west of the village was destroyed in a fire.

The remains are still visible in a thicket as you enter the village.
The current church was built in the centre of Steeple in 1884 using material from the original church.

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Village Pump

The village pump is to be found in the main street next to the Star Inn.  The pump is notable as it is only one of three in the County to have a wheel instead of the normal handle. The pump was probably built by the Rural Sanitary Authority in about 1876 when the well was repaired.

Sun and Anchor
The current Sun and Anchor public house is a modern public house.

A close examination of the adjoining cottages will note that they are Sun Cottage and Anchor Cottage.

These tiny cottages were once the original public house built in the early 1700's.