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Stapleton, par. and local government dist. (ry. sta. Stapleton Road), Gloucestershire, on NE. side and within theparl. limits of Bristol, 2554 ac., pop. 10,833; was the birthplace of Hannah More (1745-1833), novelist and essayist. The residence of the bishops of Gloucester once stood here; the building now forms a boarding-school.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and local government district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Stapleton Parish Gloucestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Stapleton |
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