Lapley

Other current and historical names

Lepelie

Parish/Community: Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston
District/Borough: South Staffordshire
County: Staffordshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°42'35"N 2°11'21"W
Eastings/Northings: 387304, 312471
OS Grid: SJ873124
Mapcode Local: GBR 17Z.59B
Mapcode Global: WHBFC.B4PY

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

Lapley in historic gazetteers

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

Lapley, par. and vil., Staffordshire - par., 3450 ac., pop. 744; vil., 3½ miles SW. of Penkridge; P.O.

Lapley in the Domesday Book

A village in Cuttlestone hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Rheims Saint-Rémy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Rheims
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Rheims
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 18 villagers; 9 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs

British Place Names

Lapley, Staffordshire

Lapley is a village in Staffordshire

Lapley in historic gazetteers

Lapley in the Domesday Book