Steeples Family History

English (Derbyshire): variant of Steeple with post-medieval excrescent -s. Steeple may either be a habitational name from Steeple Grange in Wirksworth (Derbyshire) from Old English stēap ‘steep’ + hyll ‘hill’ or else arise from Middle English stepel steple ‘steep place; tower steeple’ (Old English stȳpel stīepel stēpel) used as a topographic name for someone who lived at a steep place or by a tower.

A habitational name for someone who came from a place so named includes locations such as Steeple (Dorset), Steeple Court in Botley (Hampshire), Steephill in Ventnor (Isle of Wight), and Steeple (Essex).