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Leicestershire Towns & Parishes

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Stapleton

Description in 1871:
"STAPLETON, a chapelry in Barwell parish, Leicester; 3¾ miles NNE of Hinckley r. station. Post town, Hinckley. Acres, 1,380. Real property, £2,405. Pop., 240. Houses, 53. The manor belongs to Mrs. Heaford. The living is annexed to Barwell. The church is old, and has a tower and spire."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72]

Census

• The parish was in the Market Bosworth sub-district of the Market Bosworth Registration District.
  
  
• The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. Volume 2 includes Stapleton which has been published on microfiche only.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Martin.
  
  
• The church was listed in 1841 as a small old building with tower and spire.
  
  
• The church was restored in 1904.
  
  
• The church seats about 100.
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1661 for baptisms, 1654 for marriages and 1652 for burials. Early portions are in very poor condition.
  
  
• Researchers should check the registers of Barwell as well.
  
  
• The church was in the rural deanery of Sparkenhoe (second portion).
  
  
• The Primitive Methodists had a chapel built here in 1852.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Market Bosworth sub-district of the Market Bosworth Registration District.
  
  
• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel.

Stapleton is a village, a township, a chapelry and a parish standing 5 miles south of Market Bosworth and 3 miles north of Hinckley. The parish covered 1,380 acres.

The village is on the old Hinckley to Ashby road (now the A447). If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A447 north out of Hinckley for about 3 miles. The road passes down the eastern edge of the village.
  
  

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History

• Richard III encamped near this village on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth Field, 22 August 1485.
  
  
• This was farm country with some light brickmaking as well.
  
  

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Manors

• There is a mention of Stapleton manor used as a farmer's residence in 1912.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SP 4398.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• Stapleton was an ancient chapelry in Barwell parish in Leicester county and became a modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
  
  
• The parish lies in the Sparkenhoe Hundred (Wapentake) in the southern division of the county.
  
  
• In 1935, this Civil Parish was abolished and all 1,365 acres merged with Peckleton Civil Parish.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Market Bosworth Poorlaw Union.
  
  
• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Market Bosworth petty sessional hearings.
  
  

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Population

Year	Inhabitants
1841	245
1871	199
1881	204
1891	221
1901	184
1911	227
1921	215
1931	252

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Schools

• A National School (later called a Public Elementary School) was built here in 1847 to accomodate 40 children.
  
  

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