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Stapleford (St. Helen)

STAPLEFORD (St. Helen), a parish, in the union of Shardlow, S. division of the wapentake of Broxtow, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 5¾ miles (W. S. W.) from Nottingham; containing 1837 inhabitants. This parish, which is bounded on the west and north-west by the river Erewash, comprises by measurement 1200 acres: the soil is chiefly a rich clay; the surface is partly hilly, and the scenery pleasingly diversified. The village is finely situated on the Erewash; the population is partly employed in the stocking manufacture. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Crown, with a net income of £120. The church underwent a thorough repair in 1785. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. In the parish are an obelisk apparently of Saxon construction, and a Druidical monument called the Hemlock Stone. Stapleford Hall was the residence of Sir John Borlase Warren, the distinguished admiral.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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