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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stapleton like this:
STAPLETON, a township and a parish in Longtown district, Cumberland. The township lies 6 miles SE of Penton r. station, and 9 ENE of Longtown. Acres, 4,495. Real property, £2,720. Pop., 462. Houses, 89. The parish contains also Solport, Trough, and Bellbank townships; and comprises 11,335 acres. Post town, Longtown, under Carlisle. Pop. in 1851, 1,119; in 1861, 984. Houses, 183. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £98.* Patrons, the Earl of Carlisle and Sir F. U. Graham, Bart. The church was rebuilt in 1830.
Stapleton is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND 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 Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3460
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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