Stapleford

Other current and historical names

Stapeford

Parish/Community: Freeby
District/Borough: Melton
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°45'19"N 0°48'7"W
Eastings/Northings: 480935, 318220
OS Grid: SK809182
Mapcode Local: GBR CQJ.807
Mapcode Global: WHFK1.NZ6X

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

Stapleford in historic gazetteers

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

Stapleford, par., Leicestershire, 4 miles E. of Melton Mowbray, 3960 ac., pop. 114; contains Stapleford Park.

Stapleford in the Domesday Book

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

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: 14 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 23 villagers; 4 smallholders; 23 freemen; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 13 men's ploughs (17 plough lands)
- Meadow: 130 acres
- Mills: 2, value 8 shillings

British Place Names

Stapleford, Leicestershire

Stapleford is a village in Leicestershire

Stapleford in historic gazetteers

Stapleford in the Domesday Book