Stapleford, Hertfordshire
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 The church of St Mary, Stapleford |
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| Stapleford shown within Hertfordshire | |
| Population | 567 (2011 Census including Waterford) |
| OS grid reference | TL310171 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Hertford |
| Postcode district | SG14 |
| Dialling code | 01992 |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Stapleford is a village and civil parish of 134 acres (54 ha) on the A119 road, in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. Stapleford is located between Waterford and Watton-at-Stone in the Beane valley; the little river was forded at this point, giving rise to the village. Stapleford's parish church is St Mary's Church, Stapleford.Beane is a Hamlet of Stapleford.
The placename occurs as Stapelford in an Exchequer document of 1210, lending weight to Walter William Skeat's suggestion that the ford site was marked by an upright stake, in Anglo-Saxon stapel.
In the early 1970s, John Marius Wilson described Stapleford as:
"a parish in the district and county of Hertford; 2¾ miles N of Hertford r. station. It has a post-office under Hertford. Acres, 1,319. Real property, £1,622. Pop., 226. Houses, 45. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £280.* Patron, A Smith, Esq. The church was repaired and enlarged in 1852. There is a national school.
In 1831, majority of males were labourers and servants whilst the remaining were employers and professionals or into middling sorts or other occupations, this shows the social status of males in Stapleford during those times.
Stapleford's population is 567 according to 2011 census which includes 286 males and 281 females.
In the 1880s majority of the men's occupation was within agriculture, whereas women were more into the domestic service. The professional occupation had the least number of people working within that sector for both genders. According to the Office of National Statistics, 67% of Stapleford's population are Christian.The following 26% classify themselves as nonreligious, 5% did not state their religious preference and the rest are the other religions. The village has many churches to accommodate to the Christians.The Office of National Statistics show that the people of Stapleford generally have very good health with 299 out of 567 classified as having very good health and the next big group having good health. As a whole the health rate is high, despite the 18 individuals who either have bad health or very bad health.The health rate in this area suggests that the village has very good health care sector.Lastly, information published by the 2011 Census stated that the largest ethnic group is White British, as 537 out of 567 people are of this ethnicity showing that the village is not multicultural.
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