Country: | England |
Official Name: | Stapleton |
Coordinates: | 53.6706°N -1.2243°W |
Civil Parish: | Stapleton |
Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Constituency Westminster: | Selby and Ainsty |
Post Town: | PONTEFRACT |
Postcode District: | WF8 |
Postcode Area: | WF |
Dial Code: | 01977 |
Os Grid Reference: | SE513196 |
London Distance Mi: | 155 |
London Direction: | SSE |
Static Image Name: | John atkinson grimshaw stapleton park near pontefract102356).jpg |
Static Image Caption: | View by Grimshaw 1877 in what is still a rural area |
Population: | 59 |
Population Ref: | (2001 census) |
Stapleton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 59. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Womersley. It is situated approximately 3miles south-east from the towns of Pontefract and Knottingley. From 1974 to 2023 it was in Selby district.
Stapleton Park was the subject of a well-known painting of the Victorian era by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
Stapleton is home to the Stapleton Colony of the Brotherhood Church.[1]