In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stapleton like this:

STAPLETON, a township in Darrington parish, W-R. Yorkshire; 3¼ miles SE of Pontefract. Real property, £1,236. Pop., 130. Houses, 23. S. Park is the seat of J. H. Barton, Esq.

Stapleton through time

Stapleton is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stapleton itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stapleton, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14279

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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