| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 51.691°N 0.799°W |
| Official Name: | Steeple |
| Population: | 490 |
| Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
| Shire District: | Maldon |
| Shire County: | Essex |
| Region: | East of England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Maldon |
| Post Town: | Southminster |
| Postcode District: | CM0 |
| Postcode Area: | CM |
| Dial Code: | 01621 |
| Os Grid Reference: | TL934029 |
| Static Image Name: | St. Laurence church, Steeple, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 212804.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Lawrence and All Saints' Church, Steeple |
Steeple is a village on the Dengie Peninsula in Essex, England. It is situated just east of Maylandsea and Mayland, on the southern side of the River Blackwater estuary.
A hamlet, within the village of Steeple, on the banks of the River Blackwater is called Stansgate.
The original parish church of St Lawrence, located 600yd west of the present building,[2] was destroyed by fire. The current church was built in the centre of the village re-using some materials from the old church.[3]
On the west side of the village, there is a former chapel building of the Peculiar People, built in 1877.[4]
Stansgate Priory was a Cluniac Priory built near to the banks of the River Blackwater in about 1120. It was one of many priories closed by Thomas Cromwell in 1534.[5]
The village has been home to several generations of the Benn family, who were created Viscounts Stansgate in 1942, since about 1900. They live in Stansgate House.[5] [6]