Stapleford, in the Wylye Valley, Wiltshire.
Kelly’s Directory 1848
Stapleford is a village 7 miles north-west from Salisbury, 4 north-west from Wilton, and 89 from London, in the Hundred of Branch and Dole, and Wilton Union. The population, in 1841, was 296; and the village extends over 2,000 acres of arable and meadow land; the lords of the manor are Lord Ashburton and Henry Seymour, Esq. The church, which is handsome, is built in the Norman style, with a square tower, and 5 bells; it was repaired 5 years ago. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Deans and Canons of Windsor, value £110; Rev. John Matthews, M.A., vicar; Rev. John Phelps, M.A., curate.
Miss Catherine Baker, farmer.
James Barnett, carrier.
Uriah Barnett, farmer.
Thomas Beckett, Pelican Inn.
William Brown, farmer.
John Coombes, farmer.
Henry Cox, grocer &c.
Herbert Dredge, farmer.William Gamblin, New Inn.
Rev. John Matthews, M.A., Vicar.
Rev. John Phelps, M.A., curate.
Charles Saph, senior, farmer.
Charles Saph, junior, farmer.
Elias Saph, farmer.
James Saph, farmer.
James Williams, grocer and seedsman.
Letters are received through South Newton from Salisbury.
There are three coaches per day, pass through from Salisbury to Bath, to meet the trains.
Carrier to Salisbury – James Barnett, Tuesday and Friday.