Place:Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, England

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NameStapleford
Alt namesStaplefordesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 48
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates52.142°N 0.154°E
Located inCambridgeshire, England
See alsoThriplow Hundred, Cambridgeshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
---- Rural, Cambridgeshire, Englandrural district 1894-1974
South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
NOTE: There are six places in England named Stapleford and a few more using Stapleford as a prefix or suffix. Please be sure you have chosen the right one.


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Stapleford is a village located approximately 4 miles to the south of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire on the right-hand bank of the River Granta. Stapleford is first mentioned in 956 when it was given the Latinised name of "Stapelforda", formerly "Stapleton". Unlike most parishes, the spelling has hardly changed since then. The parish, however, was inhabited long before this. Wandlebury Ring, which lies within the parish boundary, is an Iron Age hill fort, originally built in the 3rd century BC, but rebuilt with a double bank in the 1st century AD.

The parish population as of the UK census of 2011 was 1,871.

Research Tips

  • Original historical documents relating to Cambridgeshire are now held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies at Shire Hall, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4GS
  • The Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society has transcribed the parish registers for many if not all the ancient parishes of Cambridgeshire and these can be purchased from the Society as separate pdfs.
  • A History of the County of Cambridge. Seven volumes from British History Online (Victoria County Histories). This is by far the most complete history of the parishes of the county to be found online. From the numbering it would appear that some parts of the county are yet to be published online, but the first two volumes for any county are of little interest to the genealogist. The chapters are ordered by the divisions of the county called hundreds, but each parish is listed in the volume's content page.
  • GENUKI has a page on Cambridgeshire and pages for each of the ecclesiastical or ancient parishes in the county. These give references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area. Each parish page includes a map of the parish provided by Open Street Maps.
  • The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time, section "Units and Statistics" for each parish and borough leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974.
  • Map of Cambridgeshire divisions in 1888 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
  • Map of Cambridge divisions in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
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