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Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Berwick St James – Great Wishford – Little Langford – South Newton – Steeple Langford – Woodford
Websites of Interest
St. Mary – Two Valleys Benefice
The Parish Church of St. Mary
Stapleford sits on the River Till. It’s church is a tall, compact building rising on a hill slope beside this pretty village. Its glory is its magnificent late 12th Century arcade with massive round columns and fine capitals carrying four elaborately carved arches, the soffits of which still show some of the original painted decoration. The south doorway is also 12th Century.
Clergy
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1637-1962
Marriages 1637-1990
Burials 1633-1992
Parish Registers in Wilts 1888
Parish History
Buildings and Land
Parsonage Sale 1762 Owners of Land 1873
Public Houses
Pelican Inn, Warminster Road
Has its origins in the 18th century and named after the original name of Sir Francis Drake’s flagship before being names the Golden Hind. The restaurant part of the establishment is housed in the former stables.
Bullocks left at the Pelican Inn 1835
New Inn
Weather Phenomena
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy Examinations Swing Riot Trials 1830-1831 Crime Reports 1850-1899
Directories
Post Office 1855 Kellys 1867 Kellys 1880 Kellys 1915
Education
Emigration and Migration
Emigrant – Thomas and Elizabeth Young 1768-1847
Employment and Business
Agriculture and Land
Sale of Hereford Oxen 1848 Farming Business 1900-1999
Apprentices
Apprentice records published here may not necessarily mean that the apprentice was from the parish but was apprenticed to a master within the parish.
Community Services
Police
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Accidents
Celebrations
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Poll Book 1865 MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Family Notices
Inquests
Personal Research Items
Tuck Family Research Burial Extracts – These items were donated by Ken Tuck and contains entries that may or may not relate to the Tuck family however they have been published as such. Many references to Quaker entries may be found from across the county.
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Charities
Bishop of Salisbury’s Memorial Fund 1870
Guardians
Wilton Union Guardians Appointed 1835 Guardians Dinner & Election of Guardians 1870
Overseers
Probate
Inquisition of Lands Held of Nicholas de Kyngestone 1323
War, Conflict and Military Matters
The village has no WWI war memorial – many young men of the village took up arms and all returned without a single loss of life. Stapleford has the unique title of Wiltshire’s only “Thankful Parish” the name given to those parishes whose parish sons all returned from the Great War. As of 2015 this claim is in disrepute although no further information is available at present.
