Stapleford

• The parish was in the Waltham sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1935.
   
• In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
   
• The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene.
   
• The church was built in 1783 of stone.
   
• The church seats 200.
   
• John SALMON has a photograph of St Mary's Church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2002.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1579 (some sources say 1578).
   
• The church is in the rural deanery of Framland (second portion).
   

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Waltham sub-district of the Melton Mowbray Registration District until 1935.
   
• In 1935, the parish was transfered to the Melton and Belvoir Registration District.
   

Stapleford was a village and a parish 4 miles east of Melton Mowbray and 101 miles north of London. The parish sits right on the border of Rutland county. The River Eye and the Oakham Canal pass through the parish, which covers 2,226 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the B676 arterial road east out of Melton Mobray. Turn right just before Saxby to find Stapleford.
   
• Several streams in the parish feed into the River Eye.
   

• Geograph
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• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Stapleford to another place.

• There was a Roman settlement in the parish.
   
• Much of the parish land was used for grazing.
   

• Stapleford Hall was the seat of the Earl of Harborough. It sat in a park of 900 acres.
   
• The manor was reparied by William, 1st Baron Sherard, in 1633. It was reparied again in 1885.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK812182 (Lat/Lon: 52.75532, -0.798295), Stapleford which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

There is a handwritten WWI Roll of Honour signed by the Duke of Rutland on the wall of St. Mary Magdalene's Church.

• "Stapleford" is Old English for "crossing marked by a stick or post".
   

• This place was an ancient parish of the county.
   
• The parish was in the ancient Framland Hundred in the northern (or eastern) division of the county.
   
• In 1881, the parish covered 3,960 acres. This was reduced by 1891 to 2,273 acres.
   
• In April, 1936, this parish was abolished and the area made part of Freeby Civil Parish.
   

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

Year	Inhabitants
1801	179
1831	185
1841	184
1871	114
1881	114
1891	125
1901	142
1911	170
1921	133
1931	145

• In 1881, this parish boasted a small school used by this parish and Saxby.
   
• A Public Elementary School was built here in 1888 to hold 60 children. Again, students from Saxby were welcome.