STAPLETON is a township belonging to the parish of Presteigne, Radnorshire,
but situate in the county of Hereford. It is distant about 1
mile N.E. of Presteigne railway station, 7 miles N. of Kington, 6 S. of
Knighton, 15 W.N.W. of Leominster, and 23 N.W. of Hereford; is in
Wigmore hundred and polling district, Presteigne union and county court
district, and Kington petty sessional division. The population in 1861
was 159; in 1871, 190; inhabited houses, 40; families or separate
occupiers, 40; area of township, 1,252 acres; annual rateable value,
£1,892. The trustees of the late Francis Evelyn, Esq., are lords of the
manor, and, with Sir Harford James Jones Brydges, Bart., are the chief
landowners. The soil is loamy, with a gravelly subsoil; produce, wheat,
barley, oats, roots, &c.
POSTAL REGULATIONS.- Letters arrive from Presteigne about 9 a.m.;
despatched thereto at 6 p.m. Presteigne, R.S.O., is the nearest money
order and telegraph office.
Assistant Overseer.- Mr James Young Broad street Presteigne