Stapleton

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Stapleton is a hamlet in Leicestershire

Other current and historical names

Stapletone

Parish/Community: Peckleton
District/Borough: Hinckley and Bosworth
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°35'0"N 1°21'42"W
Eastings/Northings: 443345, 298615
OS Grid: SP433986
Mapcode Local: GBR 7LL.4JH
Mapcode Global: WHDJM.1BV5

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Stapleton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Stapleton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Stapleton, township and vil., Barwell par.,Leicestershire - township, 1380 ac., pop. 204; vil., 3½ miles NE. of Hinckley; P.O.

Stapleton in the Domesday Book

A village in Guthlaxton hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Crowland St Guthlac
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Crowland
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Crowland
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 3/12 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 plough land)

British Place Names

Stapleton, Leicestershire

Stapleton is a hamlet in Leicestershire

Stapleton in historic gazetteers

Stapleton in the Domesday Book